Left button on mouse not working correctly? could this be a trojan or spyware?

[Wayne Wastier]

Just started today, left mouse button not working correctly. I click it, and
it doesn't work unless I click it several times. Is this a known spyware or
trojan activity?

 

[AndyManch]

Its possible mate the W32.Bropia has effects on the mouse
but not in the way you say,the bropia work switches left
button to right and back so maybe worth running afew of
the usual to be sure Adaware,Spybot S&D and CWShredder
but the first step would be to check the batteries

Good Luck

 

[Andre Da Costa]

Or restart the PC in safe mode and run a full system scan.
Open up the application | click spyware scan | click scan options | under
run scan now, click "Full system scan" | Then click "Scan driver/folders" |
to the right of that is a folder with blue "dots" next to it, click those
dots. This will open a map of your connected hard drives, select which
drives you want scanned, click "Ok", then run the scan.

 

[Bill Sanderson]

Thanks for posting that detail. I've one user who is left-handed, and
working at her desk, or, worse yet, her desktop via Remote Desktop can be a
pain.

I can imagine this would be quite annoying if it happened without any
obvious cause. Nice of the virus writer to let us know, I guess, of its
presence.

 

[AndyManchesta]

Always glad to help where i can Bill,W32.Bropia.M was
doing the rounds on msn messenger last week and sending
itself as a whole host of names,
(Titanic2.jpg,sexy,me&you pic,Me pis*ed!,she's fuc*ing
fit) just to name a few and ive had to sort a few pcs
infected with this,Its easy to deal with though,Just by
choosing show all files and folders under the search
option and then typing in sass shows if you are infected.

As you know lsass it a legitimate windows file (approx
12kb and says LSA Export Version) but the Bropia saves
itself under the same system 32 folder as Isass (approx
30 to 32kb) and adds it self to the start up processes,If
you people can find both then just go msconfig if its not
blocked by the worm and disable any Isass.exe then reboot
and remove the files from system 32 folder plus the pics
that come with them all 30kb then restore the registry
using SFC /SCANNOW And windows disk.

Theres also some back door trojans that like to play with
the mouse too like Backdoor.Futro(Norton) also called
Backdoor.Delf.mz [Kaspersky] but again they are easy
enough to deal with and like you say its nice of the
writers to give us a clue what they are

Regards Andy