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Old 08-03-2004, 02:45 PM   #1
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2.5x icon popped up on my desktop?

what exactly is this? it only popped up after i had to upload my friends site somewhere using i.e. (not mozilla)

i also had some other wierd stuff just appear. a steam installer of cs, and some other unnamed progs just popping up all over...
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Old 08-03-2004, 03:09 PM   #2
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That looks like the quick launch bar. It should be down on the toolbar to the right of the start menu. To turn it off, right click on the toolbar, and click "properties". Uncheck "show quick launch".
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Old 08-03-2004, 05:41 PM   #3
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i know the quick launch bar is there, i have that purposly, its the bottom icon on the desktop that says 2.5x

avg, housecall, spybot and ad aware found nothing
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Old 08-03-2004, 06:13 PM   #4
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i googles and got this:

http://www.gnome.org/start/2.5/
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Old 08-03-2004, 07:23 PM   #5
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so a hacking thing is using me as a beta tester? WHAT?
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Old 08-04-2004, 10:19 AM   #6
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I doubt it. Gnome is a Linux GUI, that has to be something else.
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