aaronmacdonald
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i downloaded some sketchy executables lately, and i did a few password authorizations without really paying attention to what i was authorizing (which may have been my mistake)... and now when i start up the two-tone grey apple screen seems to be taking longer than usual. whenever OSX (10.2.8) does boot up, things seem to be going slightly slower than usual, including internet. the first time i rebooted after doing those sketchy authorizations i noticed some of my preferences had changed... mainly the icon size was slightly smaller, as was the dock icon size, and my highlight color had shifted from green to blue. also my clock, while still displaying the proper time, was now displaying in 24hour mode, instead of the usual 12-hour AM/PM mode. I switched those things back to normal, and they have stayed normal, but still the system seems to be lagging. Another problem is that when i try to empty the trash, the system locks up. completely. i cant even force quit. i can't even power-off by holding in the powerbutton, i have to hit the main powerswitch. i have no clue why this is happening, never once have i had my OSX freeze to that point. There has been a few times that the trash freezed but i was able to force quit. not now. anybody know what's going wrong? is it a virus? or is it some other bug? any suggestions/tip/help is greatly appreciated. thanks.