Weird prob

ok...so i sit down at my comp for like five mins...then all of a sudden it's
like my comp is possessed. Seriously. the mouse pointer goes all over the
place trying to open programs and the start menu opens a couple of times and
closes. Anyone have any idea what could be causing this? Also today when i
was on for a couple of mins..the same thing happened but it was showing that
it wanted to shut down. the only reason why it didn't was because it had to
ask me if i wanted to log off or restart. It's pretty freaky to watch
actually...but i would say it can get pretty annoying fast. so what do you
say, why does this happen or does my comp need an exorcism?

Oh, i do have norton all up to date, and i have a firewall...when i checked
it all online it said that my comp was stealth. I ran Spybot - S&D after i
checked for updates and nothing turned up. But when i unplugged the comp
when it was happening it stopped. It may be a coincidence, but ya never
know.

Any ideas?
TIA

I would like to add a few more tidbits of info... i am running WinXP and
connected through the internet through a router. I don't know if this helps
any, but i thought i would throw it out there.

"emtecca" <emtecca@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:B9Odnb7I9sT9Uq3eRVn-3g@rogers.com...
> ok...so i sit down at my comp for like five mins...then all of a sudden
> it's
> like my comp is possessed. Seriously. the mouse pointer goes all over
> the
> place trying to open programs and the start menu opens a couple of times
> and
> closes. Anyone have any idea what could be causing this? Also today when
> i
> was on for a couple of mins..the same thing happened but it was showing
> that
> it wanted to shut down. the only reason why it didn't was because it had
> to
> ask me if i wanted to log off or restart. It's pretty freaky to watch
> actually...but i would say it can get pretty annoying fast. so what do
> you
> say, why does this happen or does my comp need an exorcism?
>
> Oh, i do have norton all up to date, and i have a firewall...when i
> checked
> it all online it said that my comp was stealth. I ran Spybot - S&D after
> i checked for updates and nothing turned up. But when i unplugged the
> comp when it was happening it stopped. It may be a coincidence, but ya
> never know.
>
> Any ideas?
> TIA
>
>

You are infected with a virus or back door trojan, or you mouse is
defective. What happens with the mouse disconnected?


"emtecca" <emtecca@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>I would like to add a few more tidbits of info... i am running WinXP and
>connected through the internet through a router. I don't know if this
>helps any, but i thought i would throw it out there.
>
> "emtecca" <emtecca@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:B9Odnb7I9sT9Uq3eRVn-3g@rogers.com...
>> ok...so i sit down at my comp for like five mins...then all of a sudden
>> it's
>> like my comp is possessed. Seriously. the mouse pointer goes all over
>> the
>> place trying to open programs and the start menu opens a couple of times
>> and
>> closes. Anyone have any idea what could be causing this? Also today
>> when i
>> was on for a couple of mins..the same thing happened but it was showing
>> that
>> it wanted to shut down. the only reason why it didn't was because it had
>> to
>> ask me if i wanted to log off or restart. It's pretty freaky to watch
>> actually...but i would say it can get pretty annoying fast. so what do
>> you
>> say, why does this happen or does my comp need an exorcism?
>>
>> Oh, i do have norton all up to date, and i have a firewall...when i
>> checked
>> it all online it said that my comp was stealth. I ran Spybot - S&D after
>> i checked for updates and nothing turned up. But when i unplugged the
>> comp when it was happening it stopped. It may be a coincidence, but ya
>> never know.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>> TIA
>>
>>
>
>

Try a new mouse yet?

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On Wed, 21 Sep 2005 00:41:42 -0230, "emtecca"
<emtecca@yahoo.com> wrote:

>ok...so i sit down at my comp for like five mins...then all of a sudden it's
>like my comp is possessed. Seriously. the mouse pointer goes all over the
>place trying to open programs and the start menu opens a couple of times and
>closes. Anyone have any idea what could be causing this?

Virus-like backdoor software, VNC, pcAnywhere, Windows'
Desktop.

When it happens, unplug your system from the network
connection (or USB if that's how you're networked), and
<CTL><ALT><DEL> to bring up Task Manager and see what's
running.

You might also close all internet-enabled software and run
netstat from a command prompt to see what's active, before
you unplugged the cable.

http://www.micro2000uk.co.uk/techtip...s_netstats.htm

havn't tried a new mouse yet...got to run out and get one today. 9 chances
out of 10 it's the mouse because it did the whole clicking on everything
routine when i had the internet cable unplugged from the computer.


"WebWalker" <webwalker@bluebottle.com> wrote in message
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> Try a new mouse yet?
>
> --
> WebWalker
> email: webwalker@bluebottle.com

On Wed, 21 Sep 2005 00:41:42 -0230 As Androids Dreamed Of Electric
Sheep and then "emtecca" <emtecca@yahoo.com> wrote :

>ok...so i sit down at my comp for like five mins...then all of a sudden it's
>like my comp is possessed. Seriously. the mouse pointer goes all over the
>place trying to open programs and the start menu opens a couple of times and
>closes. Anyone have any idea what could be causing this? Also today when i
>was on for a couple of mins..the same thing happened but it was showing that
>it wanted to shut down. the only reason why it didn't was because it had to
>ask me if i wanted to log off or restart. It's pretty freaky to watch
>actually...but i would say it can get pretty annoying fast. so what do you
>say, why does this happen or does my comp need an exorcism?
>
>Oh, i do have norton all up to date, and i have a firewall...when i checked
>it all online it said that my comp was stealth. I ran Spybot - S&D after i
>checked for updates and nothing turned up. But when i unplugged the comp
>when it was happening it stopped. It may be a coincidence, but ya never
>know.
>
>Any ideas?
>TIA
>

http://www.geocities.com/sheppola/secure.html

HTH :)



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"emtecca" <emtecca@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:B9Odnb7I9sT9Uq3eRVn-3g@rogers.com...
> ok...so i sit down at my comp for like five mins...then all of a sudden
it's
> like my comp is possessed. Seriously. the mouse pointer goes all over
the
> place trying to open programs and the start menu opens a couple of times
and
> closes. Anyone have any idea what could be causing this? Also today when
i
> was on for a couple of mins..the same thing happened but it was showing
that
> it wanted to shut down. the only reason why it didn't was because it had
to
> ask me if i wanted to log off or restart. It's pretty freaky to watch
> actually...but i would say it can get pretty annoying fast. so what do
you
> say, why does this happen or does my comp need an exorcism?
>
> Oh, i do have norton all up to date, and i have a firewall...when i
checked
> it all online it said that my comp was stealth. I ran Spybot - S&D after
i
> checked for updates and nothing turned up. But when i unplugged the comp
> when it was happening it stopped. It may be a coincidence, but ya never
> know.
>
> Any ideas?
> TIA
>
>