[Hidden-tech] weird OS "glitches"

[Rita Muncie]

Have you applied the most recent updates? You should be running 10.5.6
On Feb 4, 2009, at 9:18 AM, Tom / Reelife Productions wrote:

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> Hello folks,
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> hoping someone out there may be able to help.  Just yesterday I  
> started noticing weird black boxes surrounding anything that I click  
> on whether it be a file on my desktop or around the perimeter of a  
> webpage, etc.  it goes away when I click on something else...but  
> today it seems getting worse.  I'm working on a very new mac pro  
> (desktop) with OS 10.5. This weird behavior would indicate  ... dare  
> even mention the word.... "virus".
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> ALSO- when I click on the apple in top left corner - i see that  
> "Restart", "Shutdown" and "Logout" are listed TWICE in the drop down  
> menu! scary stuff?
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> The only things I can think of that might be related is
> 1) I've downloaded a few small utility apps in the last few weeks  
> from version tracker that may be of questionable stability...
> 2) I started using spaces pretty heavily and noticed some screen  
> anomalies, so I stopped.
> 3) I turned on "web sharing" in the preferences for a few hours-  a  
> couple days ago
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> I tried disk utility but it didn't find anything ...  any hints?  
> hopefully it won't get worse? I've attached 2 screen grabs to show  
> you what I mean.
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