mouse goes all over the screen...is it a virus?

Hi,

Last night when Im using my computer my mouse suddenly started to go all
around the screen & open up several applications. Afterall it happends
several times. Is it a virus? I scanned my system from the Norton Antivrus
but it says there is no virus in my system.

Charith

But its not connected to a network. Not even to a dial-up connection.


"nickela" <nickela@home.nl> wrote in message
news:bdtmi7$1md$1@news4.tilbu1.nb.home.nl...
> It seems somebody has acces to you computer.
> Goto start, type cmd or command, depemse on your system, type netstat
>
> SYNOPSIS
> netstat [-Aan] [-f address_family] [system] [core]
> netstat [-himnrRs] [-f address_family] [-M core] [-N system]
> netstat [-n] [-I [interface]] [-M core] [-N system] [-w wait]
> netstat [-p protocol] [-M core] [-N system]
>
> DESCRIPTION
> The netstat command symbolically displays the contents of various
net-
> work-related data structures. There are a number of output formats,
> de-
> pending on the options for the information presented. The first form
> of
> the command displays a list of active sockets for each protocol. The
> second form presents the contents of one of the other network data
> struc-
> tures according to the option selected. Using the third form, with a
> wait interval specified, netstat will continuously display the
informa-
> tion regarding packet traffic on the configured network interfaces.
> The
> fourth form displays statistics about the named protocol.
>
> The options have the following meaning:
>
> -A With the default display, show the address of any protocol
> control
> blocks associated with sockets; used for debugging.
>
> -a With the default display, show the state of all sockets;
normally
> sockets used by server processes are not shown.
>
> -d With either interface display (option -i or an interval, as de-
> scribed below), show the number of dropped packets.
>
> -g Show multicast routing statistics. When -s is also present,
show
> multicast routing statistics instead.
>
> -h Show the state of the IMP host table.
>
> -i Show the state of interfaces which have been auto-configured
(in-
> terfaces statically configured into a system, but not located at
> boot time are not shown).
>
> -I interface
> Show information only about this interface; used with an wait in-
> terval as described below.
>
> -M Extract values associated with the name list from the specified
> core instead of the default /dev/kmem.
>
> -m Show statistics recorded by the memory management routines (the
> network manages a private pool of memory buffers).
>
> -N Extract the name list from the specified system instead of the
> de-
> fault /386bsd.
>
> -n Show network addresses as numbers (normally netstat interprets
> ad-
> dresses and attempts to display them symbolically). This option
> may be used with any of the display formats.
>
> -p protocol
> Show statistics about protocol, which is either a well-known name
> for a protocol or an alias for it. Some protocol names and aliases
> are listed in the file /etc/protocols. A null response typically
> means that there are no interesting numbers to report. The program
> will complain if protocol is unknown or if there is no statistics
>
> routine for it.
>
> -s Show per-protocol statistics.
>
> -r Show the routing tables. When -s is also present, show routing
> statistics instead.
>
> -f address_family
> Limit statistics or address control block reports to those of the
> specified address family. The following address families are recog-
> nized: inet, for AF_INET, ns, for AF_NS, and unix, for AF_UNIX.
>
> The default display, for active sockets, shows the local and remote
ad-
> dresses, send and receive queue sizes (in bytes), protocol, and the
in-
> ternal state of the protocol. Address formats are of the form
> ``host.port'' or ``network.port'' if a socket's address specifies a
> net-
> work but no specific host address. When known the host and network
ad-
> dresses are displayed symbolically according to the data bases
> /etc/hosts
> and /etc/networks, respectively. If a symbolic name for an address
is
> unknown, or if the -n option is specified, the address is printed
> numeri-
> cally, according to the address family. For more information
regarding
> the Internet ``dot format,'' refer to inet(3)). Unspecified, or
> ``wild-
> card'', addresses and ports appear as ``*''.
>
> The interface display provides a table of cumulative statistics
> regarding
> packets transferred, errors, and collisions. The network addresses
of
> the interface and the maximum transmission unit (``mtu'') are also
dis-
> played.
>
> The routing table display indicates the available routes and their
sta-
> tus. Each route consists of a destination host or network and a
> gateway
> to use in forwarding packets. The flags field shows the state of the
> route (``U'' if ``up''), whether the route is to a gateway (``G''),
> whether the route was created dynamically by a redirect (``D''), and
> whether the route has been modified by a redirect (``M''). Direct
> routes
> are created for each interface attached to the local host; the
gateway
> field for such entries shows the address of the outgoing interface.
> The
> refcnt field gives the current number of active uses of the route.
> Con-
> nection oriented protocols normally hold on to a single route for the
> du-
> ration of a connection while connectionless protocols obtain a route
> while sending to the same destination. The use field provides a
count
> of
> the number of packets sent using that route. The interface entry
indi-
> cates the network interface utilized for the route.
>
> When netstat is invoked with a wait interval argument, it displays a
> run-
> ning count of statistics related to network interfaces. This display
> consists of a column for the primary interface (the first interface
> found
> during autoconfiguration) and a column summarizing information for
all
> interfaces. The primary interface may be replaced with another
> interface
> with the -I option. The first line of each screen of information
con-
> tains a summary since the system was last rebooted. Subsequent lines
> of
> output show values accumulated over the preceding interval.
> or just do a online security check on www.alken.nl
>
>
> "Charith Welikala" <charith@netlimit.com> wrote in message
> news:bdtljn$10a0ju$1@ID-195645.news.dfncis.de...
> > Hi,
> >
> > Last night when Im using my computer my mouse suddenly started to go all
> > around the screen & open up several applications. Afterall it happends
> > several times. Is it a virus? I scanned my system from the Norton
Antivrus
> > but it says there is no virus in my system.
> >
> > Charith
> >
> >
>
>

Dirty mouse or corrupted driver!

"Charith Welikala" <charith@netlimit.com> wrote in message
news:bdtmp6$1048o0$1@ID-195645.news.dfncis.de...
> But its not connected to a network. Not even to a dial-up connection.
>
>
> "nickela" <nickela@home.nl> wrote in message
> news:bdtmi7$1md$1@news4.tilbu1.nb.home.nl...
> > It seems somebody has acces to you computer.
> > Goto start, type cmd or command, depemse on your system, type netstat
> >
> > SYNOPSIS
> > netstat [-Aan] [-f address_family] [system] [core]
> > netstat [-himnrRs] [-f address_family] [-M core] [-N system]
> > netstat [-n] [-I [interface]] [-M core] [-N system] [-w wait]
> > netstat [-p protocol] [-M core] [-N system]
> >
> > DESCRIPTION
> > The netstat command symbolically displays the contents of various
> net-
> > work-related data structures. There are a number of output
formats,
> > de-
> > pending on the options for the information presented. The first
form
> > of
> > the command displays a list of active sockets for each protocol.
The
> > second form presents the contents of one of the other network data
> > struc-
> > tures according to the option selected. Using the third form, with
a
> > wait interval specified, netstat will continuously display the
> informa-
> > tion regarding packet traffic on the configured network interfaces.
> > The
> > fourth form displays statistics about the named protocol.
> >
> > The options have the following meaning:
> >
> > -A With the default display, show the address of any protocol
> > control
> > blocks associated with sockets; used for debugging.
> >
> > -a With the default display, show the state of all sockets;
> normally
> > sockets used by server processes are not shown.
> >
> > -d With either interface display (option -i or an interval, as
de-
> > scribed below), show the number of dropped packets.
> >
> > -g Show multicast routing statistics. When -s is also present,
> show
> > multicast routing statistics instead.
> >
> > -h Show the state of the IMP host table.
> >
> > -i Show the state of interfaces which have been auto-configured
> (in-
> > terfaces statically configured into a system, but not located at
> > boot time are not shown).
> >
> > -I interface
> > Show information only about this interface; used with an wait in-
> > terval as described below.
> >
> > -M Extract values associated with the name list from the
specified
> > core instead of the default /dev/kmem.
> >
> > -m Show statistics recorded by the memory management routines
(the
> > network manages a private pool of memory buffers).
> >
> > -N Extract the name list from the specified system instead of
the
> > de-
> > fault /386bsd.
> >
> > -n Show network addresses as numbers (normally netstat
interprets
> > ad-
> > dresses and attempts to display them symbolically). This option
> > may be used with any of the display formats.
> >
> > -p protocol
> > Show statistics about protocol, which is either a well-known name
> > for a protocol or an alias for it. Some protocol names and aliases
> > are listed in the file /etc/protocols. A null response typically
> > means that there are no interesting numbers to report. The program
> > will complain if protocol is unknown or if there is no statistics
> >
> > routine for it.
> >
> > -s Show per-protocol statistics.
> >
> > -r Show the routing tables. When -s is also present, show
routing
> > statistics instead.
> >
> > -f address_family
> > Limit statistics or address control block reports to those of the
> > specified address family. The following address families are recog-
> > nized: inet, for AF_INET, ns, for AF_NS, and unix, for AF_UNIX.
> >
> > The default display, for active sockets, shows the local and remote
> ad-
> > dresses, send and receive queue sizes (in bytes), protocol, and the
> in-
> > ternal state of the protocol. Address formats are of the form
> > ``host.port'' or ``network.port'' if a socket's address specifies a
> > net-
> > work but no specific host address. When known the host and network
> ad-
> > dresses are displayed symbolically according to the data bases
> > /etc/hosts
> > and /etc/networks, respectively. If a symbolic name for an address
> is
> > unknown, or if the -n option is specified, the address is printed
> > numeri-
> > cally, according to the address family. For more information
> regarding
> > the Internet ``dot format,'' refer to inet(3)). Unspecified, or
> > ``wild-
> > card'', addresses and ports appear as ``*''.
> >
> > The interface display provides a table of cumulative statistics
> > regarding
> > packets transferred, errors, and collisions. The network addresses
> of
> > the interface and the maximum transmission unit (``mtu'') are also
> dis-
> > played.
> >
> > The routing table display indicates the available routes and their
> sta-
> > tus. Each route consists of a destination host or network and a
> > gateway
> > to use in forwarding packets. The flags field shows the state of
the
> > route (``U'' if ``up''), whether the route is to a gateway (``G''),
> > whether the route was created dynamically by a redirect (``D''),
and
> > whether the route has been modified by a redirect (``M''). Direct
> > routes
> > are created for each interface attached to the local host; the
> gateway
> > field for such entries shows the address of the outgoing interface.
> > The
> > refcnt field gives the current number of active uses of the route.
> > Con-
> > nection oriented protocols normally hold on to a single route for
the
> > du-
> > ration of a connection while connectionless protocols obtain a
route
> > while sending to the same destination. The use field provides a
> count
> > of
> > the number of packets sent using that route. The interface entry
> indi-
> > cates the network interface utilized for the route.
> >
> > When netstat is invoked with a wait interval argument, it displays
a
> > run-
> > ning count of statistics related to network interfaces. This
display
> > consists of a column for the primary interface (the first interface
> > found
> > during autoconfiguration) and a column summarizing information for
> all
> > interfaces. The primary interface may be replaced with another
> > interface
> > with the -I option. The first line of each screen of information
> con-
> > tains a summary since the system was last rebooted. Subsequent
lines
> > of
> > output show values accumulated over the preceding interval.
> > or just do a online security check on www.alken.nl
> >
> >
> > "Charith Welikala" <charith@netlimit.com> wrote in message
> > news:bdtljn$10a0ju$1@ID-195645.news.dfncis.de...
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Last night when Im using my computer my mouse suddenly started to go
all
> > > around the screen & open up several applications. Afterall it happends
> > > several times. Is it a virus? I scanned my system from the Norton
> Antivrus
> > > but it says there is no virus in my system.
> > >
> > > Charith
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

Bitstring <bdtljn$10a0ju$1@ID-195645.news.dfncis.de>, from the wonderful
person Charith Welikala <charith@netlimit.com> said
>Hi,
>
>Last night when Im using my computer my mouse suddenly started to go all
>around the screen & open up several applications. Afterall it happends
>several times. Is it a virus? I scanned my system from the Norton Antivrus
>but it says there is no virus in my system.

Try another mouse - yours is probably on the way out.

--
GSV Three Minds in a Can
Outgoing Msgs are Turing Tested,and indistinguishable from human typing.

In article <bdtljn$10a0ju$1@ID-195645.news.dfncis.de>,
charith@netlimit.com says...
> Hi,
>
> Last night when Im using my computer my mouse suddenly started to go all
> around the screen & open up several applications. Afterall it happends
> several times. Is it a virus? I scanned my system from the Norton Antivrus
> but it says there is no virus in my system.
>
Used to happen on old mice which had a button underneath to change it
between MS and Mouse System Mode. The button'd get caught, change over
and every time you moved it all sorts would happen.

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conor_turton@hotmail.com
ICQ:31909763
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