Weird square in Mavericks

Hi everyone!
Since I've installed OS X Mavericks in my MBP - laptop, sometimes I notice "weird square" on my screen. I dont think that my laptop's screen is broken because example when I noticed the square in Safari's address bar and moved it the square moving with it, and when I quit Safari, the mystery square disappeared and then i opened Safari again and the square didn't show anymore. That is happened about nine times after Mavericks and when I have Mountain Lion, there wasn't nothing squares like now.
I took a screen shot today when the mystery square came to Safari:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/43447916/Apple/problem.png
Can anybody help me with that?

Hello Yarno90,
Thank you for the details of the issue you are experiencing with the box on your display of your MacBook Pro. I would be concerned about this too.
I found an article with steps to troubleshoot issues with displays. This article is for internal and external displays, so you can skip any steps referring to an external display. I recommend reviewing the full article, but this step specifically stands out to me:
Reset the system
You can reset the Mac's parameter RAM and SMC.
You can find the full article here:
Apple computers: Troubleshooting issues with video on internal or external displays
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1573
Thank you for posting in the Apple Support Communities.
Best,
Sheila M.

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