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

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Charith Welikala

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
 
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Charith Welikala

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


nickela said:
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 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.

Charith
 
M

MJD

Dirty mouse or corrupted driver!

Charith Welikala said:
But its not connected to a network. Not even to a dial-up connection.


nickela said:
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 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.

Charith
 
G

GSV Three Minds in a Can

from the wonderful 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.
 
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Conor

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.

--
________________________
Conor Turton
(e-mail address removed)
ICQ:31909763
________________________
 

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