A 2003 Compaq laptop using XP Pro SP3 with all updates installed generates an automatic delete action whenever the mouse selector pointer rests on a file or folder icon. Once the delete command has been initiated windows asks for the delete action to be confirmed but when either the "Yes" or the "No" button is selected the window will not go away. If "Yes" is selected the file is deleted however. What is going on? Malware or hardware failure? Problem remains after using Compaq supplied System Restore discs which supposedly reformat the C: drive and reload XP. Spybot has not been tried: would that be a good option?
Can anyone help?