Is this a virus?

[Mike]

I'm getting this starnge thing where the cursor arrow creeps across
the screen diagonally when the pc is at rest (ie when I'm not using
the mouse)

I run windows xp and am using a chic optical mouse.

Any ideas?

Regards

Mike

[Will Dormann]

Post by Mike
I'm getting this starnge thing where the cursor arrow creeps across
the screen diagonally when the pc is at rest (ie when I'm not using
the mouse)

Try a different mouse?

[Ian Kenefick]

Post by Mike
I'm getting this starnge thing where the cursor arrow creeps across
the screen diagonally when the pc is at rest (ie when I'm not using
the mouse)
I run windows xp and am using a chic optical mouse.
Any ideas?
Regards
Mike

Problem is most probably something to do with your optical mouse and
the surface you are using it on. Try using a regular ball mouse and
see if you have similar problem. To double check for malware (viruses,
trojan etc) go to the address below and use the Sysclean_FE tool.
Report back any results.

Regards,
Ian Kenefick
http://antivirus.ik-cs.com

[cquirke (MVP Windows shell/user)]

On Sun, 17 Apr 2005 18:21:21 +0100, Ian Kenefick

Post by Mike
I'm getting this starnge thing where the cursor arrow creeps across
the screen diagonally when the pc is at rest (ie when I'm not using
the mouse)

I've seen that with touchpads and fingersticks (like the old IBM
Thinkpads, dunno what they're called) as well as... er, mice sliding
slowly across a pad under the influence of gravity ;-)

Slow mouse drift doesn't sound malware, but etc.

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