Trying to figure out what this random icon in my taskbar is?!?

bull22

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Hi all,
I make sure to keep my PC protected with the minimal MSE and scan every once in a while, don't access any malicious sites and that has kept me malware free for years. Something odd is happening, I'm getting a random 'X' icon on my taskbar that I have no idea what it is. It goes away as soon as I hover over it and theres nothing I can see in my task manager. Both MSE and MBAM scans come clean, not sure whats going on or what it is, or if I should even be worrying. Any help is appreciated. I'm running W8.1 pro btw. image
 

vesp3r

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Can you tell us when does it appear... it could be screen saver preloading or something... sometimes on some slow computers ive seen a blank field appear on the task bar and then computer goes into screen saver
but i can recommend you checking pc out with adwcleaner and hitman pro if you want to be sure its not adware (i doubt it is)
 

bull22

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Its very random, I'll see it mostly when I wake my PC up. No screensavers loaded on my PC, I have very minimal things installed. From my specs below, I'd say my PC is not slow at all ;) I'll give those a shot thanks!