My computer mouse has gone mad? Need fast help

wakchessdragon

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20 May 07

wakchessdragon

Happy village

Joined: 14 May 07
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20 May 07

Did ever happen to someone that his mouse cursor start to move randomly like mad, even clicking on icons? I restarted my computer but it won't stop. I have normal optical mouse... What is that, driver, mechanical problem, virus?!?! Need help fast...

Bad wolf

Joined: 23 Jul 05
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20 May 07

Originally posted by wakchessdragon
Did ever happen to someone that his mouse cursor start to move randomly like mad, even clicking on icons? I restarted my computer but it won't stop. I have normal optical mouse... What is that, driver, mechanical problem, virus?!?! Need help fast...

Do a virus scan just in case.

wakchessdragon

Happy village

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20 May 07

I am doing it just now. It looks very strange...

Daemon Sin

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20 May 07

Originally posted by wakchessdragon
Did ever happen to someone that his mouse cursor start to move randomly like mad, even clicking on icons? I restarted my computer but it won't stop. I have normal optical mouse... What is that, driver, mechanical problem, virus?!?! Need help fast...

Probably a driver issue.

Bad wolf

Joined: 23 Jul 05
Moves: 8869

20 May 07

Originally posted by wakchessdragon
I am doing it just now. It looks very strange...

Indeed, it seems sometimes my mouse seems to drift in a certain direction, I move it again and it stops, but never has it started clicking icons; sounds a lot like a virus to me.

wakchessdragon

Happy village

Joined: 14 May 07
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20 May 07

i was paranoic, thinking someone managed to enter in my computer. But what a relief, it is mad offline too!

Mad Rook

Joined: 19 Jun 06
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20 May 07

I'm no PC expert, but I'd still be paranoid. A mouse shouldn't click on icons all by itself, regardless of whether it's online or offline. I'd still check it for viruses, since a virus could have hijacked your PC. You might want to restart your PC in safe mode before running the virus scanner.

pineapple42

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20 May 07

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have you tried a mouse trap? ;-)

gambit3

Joined: 29 Jul 01
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20 May 07

Originally posted by wakchessdragon
Did ever happen to someone that his mouse cursor start to move randomly like mad, even clicking on icons? I restarted my computer but it won't stop. I have normal optical mouse... What is that, driver, mechanical problem, virus?!?! Need help fast...

My computer mouse did the same type of thing. The Computer mouse was malfunctioning. A new computer mouse fixed the problem.

wakchessdragon

Happy village

Joined: 14 May 07
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20 May 07

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Yes? But this seems almost inteligent, he is pretty precise with finding and clicking one of a few icons on my desktop. My scanner did not find anything but it is not exactly up to date..

And is it normal that when you restart computer cd rom box closes by itself? I hope so

wormwood

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20 May 07

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Originally posted by wakchessdragon
i was paranoic, thinking someone managed to enter in my computer. But what a relief, it is mad offline too!

most likely there's some garbage interfering with the beam, or the mouse is just plain broken. you can find it out by borrowing another mouse to see if it's as wild.

oh right, garbage in the beam doesn't solve the problem with random clicking...