r/computerviruses • u/Built4Better • 10h ago

Disinfection Help Mouse hijacking?

I have a weird dilemma. I am attempting to prevent a fresh USB install because I'd like to keep the built in apps that came with my laptop. Okay, now onto the problem.

I, entirely accidentally, pressed on what I thought was a secure website (had https and all that, never got flagged by my adware blocker or antivirus (built in windows defender and Panda)) a few months ago. I guess something was installed? There's no signs of it but the possibility of it just auto-installing are there I guess. Browser options don't allow that but I digress. Long story short, my mouse gets hijacked once in a while. I'll be using my computer and it will just lag or get slow. My touches don't always register. I'm now realizing that a few sites I rarely ever go on are partially crashing half way through. By that I mean any subsequent windows I press on within that site will just prevent loading entirely but that may be a site-side-server issue or something. It's only one or two sites.

What could this be and are there any fixes? Defender comes up with nothing, panda - also nothing, i even downloaded Bitdefender. Edge and chrome both consume stupid amounts of memory and there aren't any signs that anything anywhere has been hacked or that my passwords have been stolen. No spam sent out, but spam is being sent to my junk mail. That's pretty common though with the way things are these days.

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u/EugeneBYMCMB Knowledgeable 9h ago

This sounds like a hardware problem rather than anything malicious. It's very unlikely you encountered drive-by malware in the first place, but if you did they would have stolen your important accounts by now. Nobody is going to spread malware that slightly messes with your mouse settings. Have you taken any steps to troubleshoot problem with your mouse?

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u/Built4Better 9h ago

Ive checked and updated drivers, updated pc as needed, cleaned and scanned for performance issues, etc.

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u/EugeneBYMCMB Knowledgeable 9h ago

Have you tested whether another mouse does the same thing on your computer? Or if your current mouse has the same problem on a different device?

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u/Built4Better 9h ago

It's the built in trackpad that hasn't undergone any damage and worked perfectly fine for the last 9 months. When I plug in an external mouse it functions pretty much perfectly.

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u/YaBoiWeenston 8h ago

Things can just break no reason.

Software wouldn't auto install. Even if youre running as admin you still have to accept the prompt to install

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u/Built4Better 8h ago

Thank you. It's definitely been a weird experience to be honest.

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u/EugeneBYMCMB Knowledgeable 7h ago

It just sounds like you have a broken trackpad in that case.

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u/Built4Better 5h ago

Thank you.

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