| Computing.Net: Over 1,000,000 posts about all things technology related! Over 90% answered within 24 hours! Click here to sign up now, it's free! |
XP is opening files on its own. Virus?
|
Original Message
|
Name: Mark
Date: August 22, 2002 at 12:56:56 Pacific
Subject: XP is opening files on its own. Virus? |
Comment: This is a good description of my problem, which I found on a Windows help site called Annoyances.org. Could this be a virus that no one knows about yet? It's interesting that the date posted is close to when our trouble started. On Monday, August 12, 2002 at 10:42 am, julian myerscough wrote:
>I have XP. PC has developed a problem when suddenly many programs start opening automatically even when the mouse is left alone - the start menu starts flashing up and endless programs, search files. wordpad - indeed anything tries to open. Then everything settles down. Then it all happens again. Is it Xp or the mouse driver? (NB i have tried the simple operation of cleaning the mouse!!!). I have no virus (tried four or five top quality virus checks) - help!
I am having identical trouble on my home PC, running Windows XP Professional. Norton/Symantec says I'm "clean." Any ideas?
Report Offensive Message For Removal
|
|
Response Number 1
|
Name: darren
Date: August 22, 2002 at 17:02:42 Pacific
|
Reply: (edit)Mouse Driver Issue. Is this a laptop? I have encountered this with about 10 Micron laptops this year. I updated the driver and that seems to have fixed the problem. Although, I've only seen it on win2000 not on XP.
 Report Offensive Follow Up For Removal
|
Post Locked
This post is quite old and has been locked from receiving new replies. Please create a new posting instead.
Go to Security and Virus Forum Home
