mystery icon

[holt]

Can someone plz tell me what program this blue icon represents (under red arrow)? It showed up recently, and hovering my cursor over it or clicking right or left mouse button produces no reaction.

[dr_andus]

You could maybe do a Google reverse image search on it.

[4wd]

Since you know what the others are, wouldn't it be easier to exit their programs/services and then see what was left, (in TaskManager), that you don't recognise?

[MilesAhead]

Since you know what the others are, wouldn't it be easier to exit their programs/services and then see what was left, (in TaskManager), that you don't recognise?

Plus if it is coming up on every boot it may be in the TM Startup list.

[4wd]

Plus if it is coming up on every boot it may be in the TM Startup list.

Or Autoruns if you're stuck on an earlier Windows, (pre-8.1 IIRC).

[holt]

Now there's two of them; I'm running Win XP Home 32bit; I'll try everyones' advice and see what turns up; I ran several different spyware scans and nothing came of it yet.
edit: one just disappeared again.

[MilesAhead]

Plus if it is coming up on every boot it may be in the TM Startup list.

Or Autoruns if you're stuck on an earlier Windows, (pre-8.1 IIRC).

Good point. 

[MilesAhead]

Now there's two of them; I'm running Win XP Home 32bit; I'll try everyones' advice and see what turns up; I ran several different spyware scans and nothing came of it yet.
edit: one just disappeared again.

This link may be a good start how to track it down using Process Explorer:
http://ask-leo.com/how_can_i_identify_this_blank_taskbar_item.html

[holt]

I'll see what I can find out. BTW, I vaguely recall a great program; you could put it in sort of a 'hunter-killer' mode, a crosshairs appears, and it would ID anything in Desktop you hover it over, and ask if you want to kill it. I can't remember what it was; I seem to recall that it had a freeware version.

[holt]

ProcessExplorer found it on the first try.
In the words of Private Hudson in Aliens 2, "Stop your grinnin' and drop ya linen! I found them!"
The mystery icon is Glary Utilities CheckUpdate.exe, the bottom line in the attached pic.
A mere "Thanks, and--well done," is not enough.
So, in the dry pro-speak and deadpan vernacular of 2001 A Space Odyssey's screenplay--
POLITE APPLAUSE. FLOYD
WALKS TO FRONT OF ROOM.

    FLOYD
    First of all, I bring a personal
    message from Dr. Howell, who
    has asked me to convey his
    deepest appreciation to all of
    you for the personal sacrifices
    you have made, and of course
    his congratulations on your
    discovery which may well prove
    to be among the most significant
    in the history of science.

[dr_andus]

You could have used Glarysoft's very own Security Process Explorer to find it... 

[mwb1100]

So they have a program running continually to check for updates and they put an icon for it on your task bar that does nothing other than take up space?  How irritating.

[x16wda]

So they have a program running continually to check for updates and they put an icon for it on your task bar that does nothing other than take up space?  How irritating.

So it puts the icon in the task bar to show it's there. Then apparently it pops up another one to show it's doing the check.

[holt]

So they have a program running continually to check for updates and they put an icon for it on your task bar that does nothing other than take up space?  How irritating.

Actually it's quite useful; it runs continually to let you know a program is running continually, and to warn you that it can't tell you what the program is. 

edit: Ah well, I guess it's not that funny; now if only I could figure out how to switch it off and prevent it starting; I'll have to poke around and see what can be figured out.

[anandcoral]

Hi holt,

I will suggest you install winpatrol It is one of my MUST_HAVE.

It will give you list of "startup Programs" and you can easily disable which you do not want, like "Glarysoft updater" here.

Regards,

Anand

[wraith808]

Hi holt,

I will suggest you install winpatrol It is one of my MUST_HAVE.

It will give you list of "startup Programs" and you can easily disable which you do not want, like "Glarysoft updater" here.

Regards,

Anand

+1 for WinPatrol.

[MilesAhead]

Hi holt,

I will suggest you install winpatrol It is one of my MUST_HAVE.

It will give you list of "startup Programs" and you can easily disable which you do not want, like "Glarysoft updater" here.

Regards,

Anand

+1 for WinPatrol.

I got "grandfathered in" with a license at discount to boot.    I bought at the right time it seems.  But even the free version does quite a number of cool things.