Finder icon in dot covered in white dots

Looks to me like someone wrapped my finder icon in bubble wrap. Any idea what this is? This was neither new with the update nor did the update make it go away.

Peggy Webb wrote:
Looks to me like someone wrapped my finder icon in bubble wrap. Any idea what this is? This was neither new with the update nor did the update make it go away.
Are you saying it was this way before the update? Updates will not solve unique problems and sometimes it can make them worse.
Create a new user account and see if the Finder icon is any different. Then report back.

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