Black flashing behind icon on dock

Hi,
Recently, active icons on my dock (i.e. applications I am using) have been intermittently having a black flashing shadow behind the icon itself. Is this a virus?
I always shut down my computer after use versus just letting it sleep.
Any help would be appreciated!

Do you mean the Applications icon on the right side of the dock?
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The top icon will be the first app in your Applications folder and under that will be the next app in the Applications folder etc.
Depending on the size of the icons, you may see 3 or 4 icons on top of each other.
Here is mine.
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