Bordered rectangles appearing throughout desktop

I have a strange problem that I haven't encountered before. So far, it doesn't seem to be causing performance problems, except for a Finder restart that may or may not be associated with it, but is more a distraction since I'm a graphic designer and need to have a clean workspace for precise work.
First, when I click somewhere in the Finder or an application, I get a rectangle with a thick black border appearing where I click. The thick black border is surround on the outside and inside by hairline white borders. For example, if I click on a desktop folder, that folder will be surrounded by the rectangle. If I click, for example, on a Safari window the back arrow button will be surrounded by the rectangle.
In the Finder, under the Apple, I also have Restart, Shutdown, and Log Out showing up twice respectively, except one of each will be followed by ...
I'm using a-
Dual 2.7 GHz PowerPC G5
Memory- 2 gb DDR SDRAM
OS 10.4.8
I'm wondering if the most recent Security 2006-008 (PowerPC) update may have something to do with it. This was downloaded 12/27 and the problem started the next day.

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