Wondering what this white box is... shows up in random spots...

Wondering what this white box is... shows up in random spots on my desktop.

Here is screenshot attached.

That's a new one
some generic advice here...
download install update and run Malwarebytes' Antimalware (free).
If you can remember it starting happening recently, I'd system restore to prior whitebox
Run SFC /scannow in a 'run as administrator' command prompt.

allend66 said:

That's a new one
some generic advice here...
download install update and run Malwarebytes' Antimalware (free).
If you can remember it starting happening recently, I'd system restore to prior whitebox
Run SFC /scannow in a 'run as administrator' command prompt.

Thanks for suggestion... I use Malwarebytes and it is always up to date and I run it daily... says no infections.

What ever the white box was is gone now... very strange.

Thanks.

Just guessing, but I'd say it is just visual artifacts left over in your video card's frame buffer. As Mike Connor stated above, opening another window or launching a program should do the trick. I've run into this quite a bit back when I used to do a lot of Desktop Publishing. In those cases I would just zoom in then zoom out and it would clear the window.

Mike Connor said:

This happens sometimes. It is a glitch when Windows opens or clears Windows, can also be due to a video driver. It is not serious. Usually disappears after starting a new program.

Regards....Mike Connor

Xyphus said:

Just guessing, but I'd say it is just visual artifacts left over in your video card's frame buffer. As Mike Connor stated above, opening another window or launching a program should do the trick. I've run into this quite a bit back when I used to do a lot of Desktop Publishing. In those cases I would just zoom in then zoom out and it would clear the window.

Thanks for the info... it seems to have only happened once or twice since I posted this... not happening lately anyway.

Thanks again for the heads up :)

Looks like it could be this,

Chosen context menu item stays on desktop after choosing it