what turned my cursor green?

August 7, 2005 8:40 AM

What turned my cursor, mouse arrow & hand green? I didn't. At least not knowingly, and I don't like it. How do I get it back to the way it was.
posted by NorthCoastCafe to computers & internet (3 comments total)

Right click on desktop, hit properties, and see if your theme is still the standard Windows XP or whichever you normally use.
posted by abcde at 8:46 AM on August 7, 2005

There is spyware known as Comet Cursor, which basically themes your mouse cursor (changes its appearance).

If you click Start > Settings (if it's there) > Control Panel, then double click on Mouse, click the "Pointers" tab, and there's a drop-down in the section titled "Scheme", choose Windows Default.

It may be worth going into Start > Settings (if it's there) > Control Panel, then click "Add or Remove Programs", look for Comet Cursor or anything similarly titled, and remove the application.

On top of that, I'd recommend doing an anti-spyware scan also, try downloading Ad-Aware, Spybot Search and Destroy or Microsoft Anti-Spyware - all of which will locate Comet Cursor installs - they are all available from Download.com.

Note to other posters: Download.com has a strict Anti-Spyware policy now so there is little risk using that site.
posted by rc55 at 9:50 AM on August 7, 2005

I had that happen on my old PC not long after I installed AVG anti-virus. When it ran the scan on boot something would go funny with the video settings for my monitor and I would get a almost neon green pointer. If I killed the scan on boot it went away, I ended up turning off the start up scan and it went away.
posted by Captain_Science at 11:22 AM on August 7, 2005