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Mouse being controlled by script or virus

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Last response: January 7, 2012 6:48 PM in Windows 7

Des123

January 1, 2012 10:51:00 AM

My mouse randomly moves and clicks around the screen at random times.
I switched off the internet-> still happening.
unplugged my mouse and its still moving around
Scanned with AVG, MalwareBytes and both come up without any results. I want to try everything before formatting as a last resort. Any help would be greatly appreciated

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Anonymous

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Windows 7 Expert

January 1, 2012 11:00:32 AM

Must be your keyboard too. It posted the same thing twice. Did you try a different mouse? If it's a PS2 one, don't plug it in when the computer is running.

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Des123

January 1, 2012 11:23:49 AM

Oh no i posted it on security in hindsight but I don't how to delete the thread from general

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clarkjd

January 1, 2012 12:03:55 PM

is this a wireless mouse? If so is there anyone else in your household using another wireless mouse?

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Des123

January 1, 2012 1:47:09 PM

No, its a wired mouse

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jitpublisher

Windows 7 Expert

January 1, 2012 2:32:59 PM

Try a different mouse? Go pick up a cheap Microsoft mouse and try it out.

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Des123

January 2, 2012 8:39:40 AM

I've unplugged the mouse and it was still being controlled so that wouldn't work

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unksol

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Windows 7 Expert

January 2, 2012 8:54:45 AM

look for a tiny wireless mouse reciever in one of you USB ports on the back? I think someone is having a go at you

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swifty_morgan

January 2, 2012 9:10:43 AM

i never heard this one before.... LOL........... go into the device manager and uninstall the mouse. unplug mouse. reboot/plug back in and let windows find it...

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LachlanT

January 2, 2012 9:13:54 AM

Try running your computer in safe mode,go into msconfig, click on startup tab then disable and re-enable each startup entry in order to isolate the program causing the random mouse movements.

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Des123

January 2, 2012 1:38:59 PM

It's at random recently it been happenung around 11 pm but the rest of the day its fine. And there's no usb dongle it defiantly spyware

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SR-71 Blackbird

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Windows 7 Authority

January 2, 2012 1:44:49 PM

Could somebody be using using Remote Desktop Connection?

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Des123

January 2, 2012 10:53:35 PM

No, RDC is disabled

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clarkjd

January 3, 2012 10:23:18 AM

Do you have ANY wireless input device( keyboard, joystick, gamepad)?

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Des123

January 3, 2012 12:42:15 PM

Yes, Wireless keyboard and mouse reciever but no mouse is connected to it and i've unplugged the receiver,mouse and unscrewed the antenna to my wireless card at the same time and the mouse still moved. Its some sort of script

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swifty_morgan

January 7, 2012 7:40:50 AM

could be some kind of interference from another electronic item in the house.........or from your neighbor, etc. Wireless, who knows. did you think of trying a wired mouse and uninstalling the software for the other ?