Black outlined boxes around selections

Hi,
Just started up my Imac Intel today and suddenly when I select something from the desktop (as in click on it) or from a menu bar, a black outlined box appears around it. This has never happened before.
I also found that under the apple icon there are 2 restarts, 2 shutdowns and 2 logouts for my user name.
Any suggestions? I'm downloading the OSX update right now to install.
Thanks
Mina

Hi there,
go to system preferences > Universal Access > Seeing > Zoom, click on Options, from here UNCHECK - show preview window when zoomed out..
Good luck, Rick
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