Why is there a green check mark on my Word, Excel icons?

[Marine_One]

Why is there a green check mark on my Word, Excel icons? I've got XP Home.

My desktop icons for Word, Excel, Notepad suddenly have a check mark in a green circle. They've never looked like this before.

When I create a new Word, Excel, Notepad doc, the icon has a ! in a red circle.
I can open, update all of these with no problem.

I noticed this after I ran the XoftSpySE v4.33 anti-spyware. But I've been running this for 5 months without the icons changing. So I don't think that is the problem.

Any ideas?

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Never mind. I found the solution.

I use MozyHome to backup files. I went to the Options and checked "Disable icon overlays in Windows Explorer" and the checkmarks, exclamation points disappeared. They put out an update that would turn the file indicator on a few days ago, so I just turned it off.

[d2fanatic007]

Do you use any program to backup like Mozy or something? Cause sum1 on Norton forums said that they had this issue recently and said that the checks where to tell you if the file was backed up or not.

Sounds quite viral otherwise try using ESET online scanner, http://www.eset.com/onlinescan/index.php or scanning with SuperAntiSpyware or MalwareBytes.