Spyware, viruses, & security : Mouse moves on its own

Hi ianstewart

by roddy32  - 3/16/05 6:08 AM

A few questions. You said "I've tried everything". What is "everything"? Is it an optical mouse or a trackball mouse? Is it wireless? You said "Seems to happen when I use the keyboard". Is it a combo unit where the keyboard and mouse came together? I doubt if it is malware causing this but you said you did a virus scan. Did you also to adware and spyware scans? Have you tried another mouse? Also, please follow the forum tip that was right above the box the you put your subject in.

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Not sure what you

by roddy32  - 3/16/05 7:56 AM

mean by "Ran Spyware - no result". That still doesn't tell us exactly what you scanned with besides McAfee which doesn't remove very much in the way of spyware or adware and only a few trojans. I still do not think that it is a malware problem except for the fact you you mentioned the trojan from a couple of weeks ago. What I would do is download these programs, check them for updates and scan with them and see if any on them find anything. They are all free except for the trojan removers but you can get a 30 trial with them.

Spybot S&D (download, check for updates, read the tutorial and scan often, it also does some blocking)
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/home/index.html

Ad-Aware SE (a scanner, download, check for updates, read the directions and scan.
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/

cwshredder (stand alone unit)(another small scanner for certain things, ALL other windows should be closed)
http://www.intermute.com/spysubtract/cwshredder_download.html

Download anti-trojan (any of the following)


The Cleaner Pro 30 days trial - http://www.moosoft.com

TrojanHunter - http://www.misec.net/ (trial)

Also do an online scan at one or all of these.
Housecall (using IE with Active-X)
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/housecall/start_corp.asp

Housecall (all browsers using java)
http://uk.trendmicro-europe.com/enterprise/products/housecall_launch.php

PandaActivescan
http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/com/activescan_principal.htm

Thanks for the suggestion.

I tried this alredy with no result. Keep the ideas coming. Currently scanning with Housecall from Trend Micro. Will keep you posted...

Mouse Cursor Creep

Try Googling for more info. I had this problem about a year ago and it turned out to be a mouse setting in (I believe) the Control Panel. I changed the setting, and the problem went away never to return. Sorry, but that's all I remember about it.

Ian Srewart

Try this

In windows xp go into start menu, then into control panel then click on appearance and themes, then move your mouse over to mouse pointers click on it , uncheck "enhance pointer precision, and click apply, that will stop the mouse from acting crazy, this will work with dell mouse pointers and most.

Tom

(NT) Your welcome,but you can call me Tom

Mouse creep

Thanks for the advice, Tom. I just implemented it. Based on what you said and what the feedback was, I'm confident it will work.