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Arohi · 04:41 PM

Here's a screenshot. Anyone know whats going on?

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Also, and this is way off topic, but my mighty mouse scroller thing doesnt work.. I tried every settings in the preferences > mouse menu. It just wont scroll at all and this is brand new iMac.

Any help here guys..

Arohi · Sep 9, 2006, 02:00 PM

Grrrr! Sorry wrong forum, please move..

seanc · Sep 10, 2006, 07:09 AM

I'd do an Archive and Install of OS X and take the mighty mouse back and get a replacement.

spice003 · Sep 11, 2006, 02:31 PM

you have a virus!! i wonder how that happen

seanc · Sep 11, 2006, 02:32 PM

Originally Posted by spice003

you have a virus!! i wonder how that happen

He does not have a virus.

Arohi · Sep 11, 2006, 02:56 PM

Its a she. Someone please confirm its a virus or not. God I cant believe I have to go over the same sh*t and install an anti-virus on my first mac, just like the PC at work.

seanc · Sep 11, 2006, 02:59 PM

I can 99% reassure you it is NOT a virus. If it is, you're the first and it seems the only one to have it. Do an archive and install of OS X, you appear to have some corrupted fonts.

(Sorry for calling you a he).

papworth · Sep 11, 2006, 03:09 PM

seanc is correct, this is not a virus. you do not need to worry too much about those.

If this problem is not fixed by restarting your mac, then to me, it looks like a corrupt font somewhere.

i would reinstall the OS as seanc suggests. It's not difficult and is fairly painless, though it certainly can seem a bit daunting.

If you still have the OS install disc simply pop it in the drive and restart the machine from the Disc and perform an ARCHIVE and INSTALL.
Reinstalling the OS this way means that you wont loose anything that you have already put on your mac.

chromos · Sep 11, 2006, 05:48 PM

I don't know how useful it is, but Font Book has a Validate Fonts option under the File menu. Select all your fonts and run it. I don't know if it really does flag corrupt fonts, but it's worth a try before doing an Archive and Install.

imitchellg5 · Sep 11, 2006, 05:55 PM

Indeed try Validate Fonts. I had the wrong fonts in the Apple Menu show up back in the Panther days. Validating made it go away. It is 100% not one of three viruses for Macs

Velocity211 · Sep 11, 2006, 06:08 PM

virus? I thought there is like one virus and it can't really do anything.

himself · Sep 12, 2006, 02:22 AM

If the font validation doesn't work, you may not need to do an archive and install just yet. You should download and install the latest combo update from Apple and install that. If that doesn't work, then try the archive and install.

Originally Posted by Velocity211

virus? I thought there is like one virus and it can't really do anything.

There are no known viruses. What you're speaking of was a trojan.

tooki · Sep 13, 2006, 04:43 PM

A trojan is just as unlikely, and would not cause this problem.

The problem is most likely a corrupt font cache. Download and run Tiger Cache Cleaner and have it deep-clean the caches. That'll likely fix the problem.

Otherwise, it's probably just that a necessary system font was mistakenly deleted or replaced, or corrupted. In that case, replacing the /System/Library/Fonts folder with an original one should fix it. That can be done by copying it from another Mac, reinstalling OS X, or by using Pacifist to install just that one component.

tooki