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9/5/2009 5:41:47 PM EDT
I have a Sony Vaio notebook with Vista Business and all the patches and upgrades.  Recently the mouse cursor would randomly move and close my Internet Explorer and Firefox, or close Firefox and lock IE.  I would either have to kill the IE process or reboot the computer, and then everything would be back to normal.  I ran a virus check by AVG and got nothing.  I have a Bluetooth mouse and a touch pad, but this would only happen when I have both IE and Firefox running.



Can someone shed some light on this?
9/5/2009 5:43:20 PM EDT
[#1]
Don't know, but if I'm running Safari and ITunes at the same time it makes me double tap every time I reply to a post.
9/5/2009 5:43:21 PM EDT
[#2]
See
9/5/2009 5:44:05 PM EDT
[#3]
Your AVG dosent pic up trojans sounds like your cpu got hijacked and you have no firewall.You need webroot spyware removal.
9/5/2009 5:46:21 PM EDT
[#4]
Probably the touch pad going out.  That or the man is watching your very closely.
9/5/2009 5:48:28 PM EDT
[#5]
Try malware bytes.  Get it at download.com

9/5/2009 6:01:03 PM EDT
[#6]
Also it would randomly right-click on the screen the I will get desktop pull down menu, and sometimes the left mouse button would act like the right one, pulling down menu.



I am scanning with Webroot right now.  I will try malware byte next.
9/5/2009 6:10:34 PM EDT
[#7]
Quoted:
Also it would randomly right-click on the screen the I will get desktop pull down menu, and sometimes the left mouse button would act like the right one, pulling down menu.

I am scanning with Webroot right now.  I will try malware byte next.


If it's under warranty, call sony.

Calling sony sucks, but you might get a new laptop out of it.
9/5/2009 6:19:28 PM EDT
[#8]
Quoted:
Also it would randomly right-click on the screen the I will get desktop pull down menu, and sometimes the left mouse button would act like the right one, pulling down menu.

I am scanning with Webroot right now.  I will try malware byte next.


Honestly with that info it sounds like the touch-pad is on its way out, though hard to say without seeing it.  If you have the software installed for the touch-pad you should be able to disable the internal pad and use an external mouse.  If the issue goes away, there is your answer.

9/5/2009 9:24:01 PM EDT
[#9]
I ran Webroot Spybot, but it only detected cookies.  I think it is the pad that's going bad, though I have an external mouse and rarely use the touch pad.  Good thing I have a 3 years extended warranty with replacement.  Looks like I may be in for an upgrade.

9/5/2009 9:25:59 PM EDT
[#10]
I'm definitely going with the touchpad.  Especially if you fat finger it, they die fast.  Next one, take it nice and easy... you know, like you're touching your SO, not beating your dick like it owes you money.

BTW, have you tried turning down the sensitivity/newer driver/old version of the driver? Just a thought before you call, even as unlikely as it is with the click buttons involved... I hate tech support
9/5/2009 9:26:30 PM EDT
[#11]
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Your AVG dosent pic up trojans sounds like your cpu got hijacked and you have no firewall.You need webroot spyware removal.


This.

Get this fixed RFN.

9/5/2009 9:29:14 PM EDT
[#12]
firefox is a virus, dump it asap.