Do I have a virus?

The_Real_QuasarThe_Real_Quasar Has the I.Q. of 12,000 P.E. Teachers Join Date: 2002-11-26 Member: 9998Members
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<div class="IPBDescription">Tech support please</div>Recently, my mouse has been behaving oddly. Every so often, it will appear that the mousewheel clicks itself, scrolls a little, and the mouse will jump to a random point on the screen. This even happens in games, frequently switching weapons and pointing my view at the floor.

Once this has happened, there's a short period during which I am unable to use any of the taskbar - mousing over the icons does not make them 'selectable'. To fix this I have to ctrl+alt+del and restart explorer.exe

This is, naturally, very annoying. I've scanned using the free Avast antivirus, which found nothing, and I've run HijackThis, removing any of the results that I didn't recognise as clearly safe. I've even run Spybot S&D, all to no avail.

Does anyone have any hints here? This is really annoying D:

I'm running the Windows 7 RC, by the way.
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  • TykjenTykjen Join Date: 2003-01-21 Member: 12552Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    windows 7 may have a driver issue with that mouse of yours. sure you got the proper driver?
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  • SvenpaSvenpa Wait, what? Join Date: 2004-01-03 Member: 25012Members, Constellation
    I had spasmic movements of my crosshair in games before I reported (and they updated!) the drivers of my Razer Deathadder. Which mouse do you use?
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  • ObraxisObraxis Subnautica Animator & Generalist, NS2 Person Join Date: 2004-07-24 Member: 30071Super Administrators, Forum Admins, NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, NS2 Developer, Constellation, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Silver, WC 2013 - Supporter, Subnautica Developer, Pistachionauts
    Sounds like your mouse is faulty. Time for a new one. Unlikely to be a driver issue tbh.
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  • Kouji_SanKouji_San Sr. Hινε Uρкεερεг - EUPT Deputy The Netherlands Join Date: 2003-05-13 Member: 16271Members, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue
    Hook up another mouse and see if the problems disappear... If so, the most likely culprit is the mouse hardware ;)
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  • lolfighterlolfighter Snark, Dire Join Date: 2003-04-20 Member: 15693Members
    ... unless the two mice use different drivers, in which case that might just as well be the problem.
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  • The_Real_QuasarThe_Real_Quasar Has the I.Q. of 12,000 P.E. Teachers Join Date: 2002-11-26 Member: 9998Members
    Thanks for the replies. I've swapped out for an old mouse, we'll see if this makes a difference.
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  • The_Real_QuasarThe_Real_Quasar Has the I.Q. of 12,000 P.E. Teachers Join Date: 2002-11-26 Member: 9998Members
    I've removed all but one of the mice that were connected to my computer, the only one left is the one that came with my wireless desktop kit, which I have to keep installed because that's also my keyboard. I have updated the driver for it, however.

    Bloody thing still seems to be happening... I don't know what else I can do, really.
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