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Thread #128852 Message #2887394
Posted By: buddhuu
15-Apr-10 - 03:25 PM
Thread Name: Tech: Computer Virus?
Subject: RE: Tech: Computer Virus?
Are you sure it's actually clicking? If it's an optical mouse (with a light instead of a little ball) then cleaning the lens bit may make a difference. I've known them to get pretty rogue when grubby.
Is it a desktop or a laptop machine? Also, is it an older PC? Does it use a PS2 type mouse or is it USB or wireless? You can sometimes get conflicts if there are two or more pointing devices on the system. You could have a look in your device manager to see if there is more than one mouse or mousepad shown.
There are programs that allow remote access to PCs. I use a couple myself to remotely control my office PC from home. Anyone sitting at the screen of my office PC while I am doing that would see the mouse pointer moving around as you describe.
If you do not knowingly have such a program installed, then I suppose it just could be illicit access by a hacker, but that doesn't usually advertise itself by visibly moving the cursor.
Are you running a firewall and malware precautions, and do you update your AVG database regularly (every few days at least)?