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Does Anyone Know What This Is

for the last 2 days ive had a little green icon with a golden arrow in the middle of it, when you put the mouse on it it says mcaffee updating 0% done, ive been onto aol live help and according to him its nothing to do with mcaffee so now im thinking could it be a trojan, my computer is slower than usual and every so often i get disconnected, done the usual scans and apart from the usual adware nothing showing up, thanks in advance

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  • reeree
    reeree Posts: 935 Forumite
    i meant to say its in the bottom right hand corner
  • Browntoa
    Browntoa Posts: 49,620 Forumite
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    try this to confirm that it is not a legacy from before

    Download and run MCPR.exe
    1. Download the removal tool from:

      http://download.mcafee.com/products/licensed/cust_support_patches/MCPR.exe
    2. Click Save and save the file to a folder on your computer.
    3. Navigate to the folder where the file was saved.
    4. Make sure all McAfee windows are closed.
    5. Double-click MCPR.exe to run the removal tool.

      Note: Windows Vista users must right-click MCPR.exe and select Run as Administrator.
    6. Restart your computer after receiving the message CleanUp Successful.

      Your McAfee product will not be fully removed until the system is restarted
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