Weird prob

[emtecca]

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

 

[emtecca]

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.

 

[Noozer]

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

 

[WebWalker]

Try a new mouse yet?

 

[kony]

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/techtips/techtips_netstats.htm

 

[emtecca]

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.

 

[Shep©]

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

 

[Albert Grennock]

Repent you are possessed by the devil.