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by gdagostino Jan 2, 2002 last reply Jan 3, 2002

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Hello,

for some reason I have 2 people who are having problems with their icons on their desktops. when a user puts their mouse over the icons, the keep moving. Does anyone have a fix for this. both machines are win 95.

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by dmiles Jan 2, 2002

Delete or rename the shelliconcache file and restart

by shanghai sam Jan 3, 2002

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by joseph moore Jan 2, 2002

Did you try running a virus scan on these machines? There are viruses out there that make the desktop icons move around. Kind of funny, actually!

by shanghai sam Jan 3, 2002

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by dklippert Jan 2, 2002

It sounds like the W32.MAGISTR virus.
Here?s Norton?s take on it. Scroll down to see an example of dancing icons.

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.magistr.24876@mm.html

(There are no spaces in the URL)

by shanghai sam Jan 3, 2002

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