Is There a Virus That Interferes With the Mouse
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Topic: Is There a Virus That Interferes With the Mouse
Posted By: red clay
Subject: Is There a Virus That Interferes With the Mouse
Date Posted: 28-Sep-2012 at 10:07
| My Mouse isn't behaving as it should, skip all the corny jokes about not feeding it please. I was wondering if anyone knows of a virus that specifically targets the way the mouse functions. When I push it right, the cursor goes left etc. |
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Posted By: Centrix Vigilis
Date Posted: 28-Sep-2012 at 10:53
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Depends on who ya ask...some say yes some no. Could be, if it is wire, that your wire is going out.. mouse is going bad. If wireless, could be your usb port. Or your widget that controls it (the thing that looks like a fuse ya stick in there) in the usb is bad or the mouse is bad. Cant say. Recommend new wire mouse or widget and wireless mouse and do a virus check. ------------- "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence" S. T. Friedman Pilger's law: 'If it's been officially denied, then it's probably true' |
Posted By: Toltec
Date Posted: 28-Sep-2012 at 11:53
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Could be as simple as needing a new mouse pad, old pads lose traction, or if it is a ball mouse, the ball taken out and everything cleaned.
http://pcsupport.about.com/od/hardwaremaintenance/ss/cleanmouse.htm
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Posted By: Centrix Vigilis
Date Posted: 28-Sep-2012 at 13:01
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yup yup good points. ------------- "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence" S. T. Friedman Pilger's law: 'If it's been officially denied, then it's probably true' |
Posted By: red clay
Date Posted: 28-Sep-2012 at 13:18
| Thanks for the answers guys. I've already done the cleaning routine, nada. I guess I'll have to break down and buy a new mouse, and the other stuff. It's getting to be maddening. I've also just done a complete scan, with no results. |
Posted By: medenaywe
Date Posted: 28-Sep-2012 at 13:37
Cats society is interesting about mouse stealth mode tricks! If it is Windows OS check in Control Panel mouse checks.Do you have small kids around your PC!Just tell them mice and Red are friends:[TUBE]k2S9hLPycrc[/TUBE] |
Posted By: red clay
Date Posted: 28-Sep-2012 at 14:09
No kids, but I do have 2 cats, they don't pay any attention to this kind of mouse.
Thanks for the tip on the OS. I'll check it out.
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