Help what do I do

Discussion in 'Malware Help (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by Ellie64, Jun 7, 2006.

  1. Ellie64

    Ellie64 Private E-2

    I think I may have a virus. Today my mouse stopped working, I couldn't move it at all. Rebooting made no difference.

    I used system restore to the previous checkpoint and the mouse was working normally. But now it has started 'jumping' about and also when I tried to do an online scan , the window closed before I could complete it, several times

    I've done avg with no result and spybot which found 3 things but the problems remain.

    Any ideas?

    I am a not too clever at computers so hopefully this won't get too technical.
     
  2. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    Most of the time when problems like this occur with a mouse, it is hardware issue where the mouse may need to be replaced. However, that does not mean that it could not be related to malware. I just doubt it because in about 10 out of 10 cases where I have seen similar complaints, it was the mouse.

    If you want to be sure that it is not malware, continue on to the below. Otherwise try another mouse (borrow one temporarily if you can to convince yourself).

    Please follow our standard cleaning procedures which are necessary for us to provide you support. Also there are steps included for installing, running, and posting HijackThis logs as attachments.
    • Run ALL the steps in this Sticky thread READ & RUN ME FIRST Before Asking for Support
    • Make sure you check version numbers and get all updates.
    • Very Important: Make sure you tell us the results from running the tutorial...was anything found? Were you unable to complete any of the scans?...Were you unable to download any of the tools?...Did you do the on-line scans as suggested? etc.
    • After doing ALL of the above you still have a problem make sure you have booted to normal mode and run the steps in the below link to properly use HijackThis and attach a log:
    • When you return to make your next post, make sure you attach the following logs and that you have run these scans in the following order too (these scans are covered in steps 6 & 7 of the READ & RUN ME sticky)
      • Bitdefender
      • Panda Scan
      • HijackThis
    .
     

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