Screen has a vertical line that flickers sometimes... please help

My screen suddenly had a vertical line that flickers (sometimes), it's green. I don't know how it got there and where did it come from. It just suddenly appear. I left my computer running (and at that time the line wasn't there) as I was waiting for an email to come through but when I got back to it, it had the line. I've restarted my computer but it was still there. What could be the problem and how to fix it? Please help. Thanks.

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