What is this?

[allfalldown]

Can someone tell me what the hell this 'Address' thing is?

http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/4454/address8rs.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

It appeared last night while my sister's friends were on the computer. I assumed part of the screen had frozen or something, as that happens sometimes, but when I turned the computer back on this morning it was still there.

Does anyone know what it is? Does it serve a purpose? How do I get rid of it?

[freddiestarfish]

Right click on the taskbar.
Choose "Toolbars --> address.

Bingo.

I think it can show a list of addresses you've programmed into your computer, I have none, so mine does nothing like yours.

[allfalldown]

Champion, thanks man :)

[da-geezer]

Or, what you can do...

On the taskbar context menu, untick "lock the taskbar". You'll see a handle appear next to the address bar; if you draw that and expand the address box, you'll find a handy area where you can type in URL's to quickly open web pages.