Strange arrow found in password box when loggin in...

Tried logging into my G4 today and my password didn't work. Noticed a little outlined arrow pointing up in the far right of the password box in login window. Does anyone know what that little arrow meant? Whatever it was it seemed to prevent me from using my password.
I shut down the computer and then little arrow was gone from password box and viola, by password worked.
Is it possible someone was in my G4 as a root user somehow? Even remotely? I didn't have any sharing open, except for Personal File Sharing and Printer Sharing....

Thank you Koinseb! Feeling ridiculous now... I had even called up Apple and they didn't know, go figure.
In any case, through my research (based on fear of someone else having access) I had found out about Secret Apple Remote Desktop users.... If a tech who worked on this G4 did find out my login UID and password, could they have set up a secret APD? If so, where would I be able to look in my computer to find out?

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