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New additions to toolbar?

Hi everyone, I wonder if anyone can help with this one. I have had a couple of icons mysteriously appear on my toolbar. I tried running an ewido malware scan but the icons are not budging. I've gone into add/remove programs and nothing appears to have found its' way on board any suggestions ?Thankyou shrewdal

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  • village_life
    village_life Posts: 336 Forumite
    i take it your talking about your standard toolbar (aka taskbar, with the start menu on it?)

    what does it say when you hover over the icon- usually it tells you what function it performs

    if you hover over it, then right click and hit properties - it'll tell you what it is and where it is stored on your PC

    note these details, post them up here and we'll take a look.
  • blossom30
    blossom30 Posts: 691 Forumite
    Hi villagelife thanks for your reply I have managed to successfully remove the icons however my Mcafee virus scan has quarantined some dialler that couldn't be deleted what happens now? ,how do I remove it after quarantining it ? thanks shrewdal
  • village_life
    village_life Posts: 336 Forumite
    since they are quarantined it'll probably purge them after some time - perhaps 90 days or so

    i wouldnt worry about it - as long as you do another scan and it comes up clear, then you should be fine! - i'd recommend you re-start your PC and then do the scan just incase it re-appears when you re-boot the PC
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