Ed, The icon is not an alert. Its While holding the curser over the icon, it says Windows Security Alerts. I didn't install it, and my wife doesn't recall if she allowed it to. Chances are she did, and doesn't remember. HB In a message dated 8/13/2010 8:24:11 PM Pacific Daylight Time, fasteddieb216@xxxxxxxxx writes: > The only two ways I know of are to either take care of the issue that is > causing the alert (you didn't mention what the alert is saying) or to > disable that alert (which is not recommended for obvious security > reasons). > > Ed --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To subscribe, unsubscribe or modify your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk OR To subscribe to the mailing list, send an email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject. To unsubscribe send email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject. To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To join our separate PCTableTalk off-topic group, send a blank email to: pctabletalk+subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------