windows 10 taskbar search box tiny image ABOVE the word "search" -- is this malware?

[Allan.R]

At the same time as the pictures at the right end of the search box in the taskbar appeared, about a week agok an image that looks like an insect, about the height of the lower case text of the prompt "Type here to search," appeared above the "s" in the text. This did NOT GO AWAY when any of the recommended fixes were applied, although they did remove, reinstall, and remove the FULL SIZE pictures on the right end of the box. The "fly" as I call it stayed through all of these "fixes," even restarting the entire computer. Moving the taskbar to either side or the top removed the "fly" from the

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