mouse goes crazy

[felakos]

I have an IBM Thinkpad with a Trackpoint. I have recently
and frequently had episodes where my mouse goes crazy. I
have the most recent IBM trackpoint driver installed, and
have not had this problem before. I ried reinstalling
this driver to no avail. At aparently random times, the
mouse will fly all over the screen, clicking items
randomly when I try to move the mouse. The problem seems
software related as it will stop when I use the keyboard.
For example, the escape key seems to help as does ALT
SPACE and then M (minimize). I am not using the
Trackpoint's "press to select" ability. I have been
strugling to remove some adware related to internet-
optimizer.com and the problem surfaced after that, though
I am not sure it's related. Any guesses?

 

[Andrew E]

If it was just flying around at times,cleaning the mouse
hardware would be in store.But with the clicking items,
you most likely have a virus on the system.