Weird White dot appeared on my monitor

[Aridaman Gill]

I just noticed a weird dot on my desktop. its like a white dot with black in centre.

If i put my cursor on top of it, it disappears or is most likely below my cursor.

opening apps like chrome or other games get rid of this dot. 

i use wallpaper engine and i have tried changing to other wallpapers, the dot persists.

i have tried disabling wallpaper engine and using window’s default wallpaper, its still there. 

is it a dead pixel? or a hot pixel? 

 

 

[SolarNova]

Perhaps a very shrunk window, possibly a program / batch file running in the background. Check make sure u havnt got a malicious program running amuck.

[Helpful Tech Witch]

39 minutes ago, SolarNova said:

Perhaps a very shrunk window, possibly a program / batch file running in the background. Check make sure u havnt got a malicious program running amuck.

oh likely just a dead pixel, if its always in the same spot and is restart persistent

easy to check, see if its there in the bios

[Poinkachu]

https://lcdtech.info/en/tests/dead.pixel.htm

 

[Crunchy Dragon]

Likely a dead or stuck pixel.

[Blue4130]

You can see that it's not one pixel, it's about 10. Dead pixels don't go away when you open chrome. I'd also look for Malware or other shady software.

[Rusty Proto]

Check to see if there is any damage to your display. Mine has a white dot from the front polarizer being damaged, though I typically don't notice it during normal use. ...though yours are still pixel shaped, which may be in the LCD glass, which would be harder to see. I know the white pointer would hide the white spot. What happens when you run another program that puts a dark scene in that area?

 

[Aridaman Gill]

11 hours ago, SolarNova said:

Perhaps a very shrunk window, possibly a program / batch file running in the background. Check make sure u havnt got a malicious program running amuck.

whats a good anti-malware software? i’d try to run it up and debloat my win11

[Aridaman Gill]

5 hours ago, Rusty Proto said:

Check to see if there is any damage to your display. Mine has a white dot from the front polarizer being damaged, though I typically don't notice it during normal use. ...though yours are still pixel shaped, which may be in the LCD glass, which would be harder to see. I know the white pointer would hide the white spot. What happens when you run another program that puts a dark scene in that area?

 

the pixel or whatever it is disappears whenever im running another app over it. its always over my desktop and above wallpapers. 

whats a good anti-malware software? i’d try to run it up and debloat my win11

[Aridaman Gill]

6 hours ago, Blue4130 said:

You can see that it's not one pixel, it's about 10. Dead pixels don't go away when you open chrome. I'd also look for Malware or other shady software.

whats a good anti-malware software? i’d try to run it up and debloat my win11

[Rusty Proto]

On 3/28/2023 at 6:09 AM, Aridaman Gill said:

the pixel or whatever it is disappears whenever im running another app over it. its always over my desktop and above wallpapers. 

whats a good anti-malware software? i’d try to run it up and debloat my win11

I need to find a good virus scanner again as well, as I've been having bad luck out of all the usual heavyweights, and recommendations. Most wind up collecting massive amounts of info, and putting it on the dark web, and a couple have given me some sus downloads.

[csevrence]

I also use Wallpaper Engine and Rainmeter. I believe it is Rainmeter making the dot because I had it too and closing Rainmeter made it go away.

I later decided to right click on Rainmeter icon near my system clock and did some tinkering.. Disabling the weather portion of Mond made the dot go away