I think i might have a virus

[Life on Other Planets AKA Johns]

Hey all my computer is doing playing funny buggers. The prob is this.. When i satrt my internet give it 5 min or so and after the mouse starts going crazy. I cant control it.. When ever i move it it starts going all over the place and starts opening up folders and stuff.. Then after a min or so the mouse freezes and i can't do anything with it. Its like someone has hacked into my computer and has taken over control with the mouse... this manily happens when i am on my space. Has anyone ever had this problem before. I have tried scanning my computer and all and nothing comes up in regards to a virus. I use avast anti virus.. Can someone please help me out cause it is getting annoying. Thanks

[KinKyJ]

Re: I think i might have a virus

First time hear of this. Kinda funny, but I can imagine it's a pain. Stay away from smiley toolbars

[Life on Other Planets AKA Johns]

Re: I think i might have a virus

hey kinKyJ thanks for all your help mate. I have noticed whenever i am in trouble you are always one of the first to help out.. Anways yeah it is strange.. I a pretty sure it happened before i installed that toolbar thing.. I think it has to do something with myspace cause after i posted the thread i went to my myspace and Boom it happened again.. I was only on it for bout 2 mins.. The mouse moved everywhere and it close my firefox and then whenever i give my mouse a genlt push it starts going crazy opening up stuff . I snice rebooted my computer and i have been on ms since and nothing has happened so i am fairly sure it has something to do with my space. Its annoying cause after it does that the mouse frezzes and i can't do anything i have to reboot my computer and thats whats annoying not to mention the fact i have no control over my mouse.. Oh and i have taken that toolbar off hopefully i got rid of it all but as you know i am not too good with computers so maybe something is still on.

[Kamal]

Re: I think i might have a virus

run a virus scan and a spyware scan too

[poults]

Re: I think i might have a virus

It may actually be your mouse, i had the same probelm and spent days running virus scans etc and the same thing kept happening. Changed the mouse and it sorted it.

[picklemonkey]

Re: I think i might have a virus

yeah, try borrowing a mouse from someone else for a day to see if that fixes your problem.

if you still have the problem, unplug your computer from the Internet, reboot, and see if it's still a problem.

may be a good idea to do this:

http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/showpost.php?p=429314&postcount=6

[Life on Other Planets AKA Johns]

Re: I think i might have a virus

Thanks for the help guys. i think it might be the mouse. It is kinda old and all.. I will get a new mouse soon.

[Yao]

Re: I think i might have a virus

but deffo get a decent firewall, virus scan and adware scan. The last time my CD-player opened by itself I got hacked and someone was fucking around with the controls. And especially the part about opening folders by itself makes me itch man...like Pickles said: unplug internet and reboot, and if nothing happens then it seems pretty damn obvious to me