Last night my cursor suddenly stopped responding to my mouse movements and began wandering all over the page. I re-booted. It was OK for a little while and then the same thing happened again. It didn't seem to be looking for anything or acting with any purpose - just wandering around the page like a drunk. There were no suspicious processes running, and my spyware (MS beta 1, Add-Aware, Spybot S&D), my firewall (ZA Pro) and anti virus (AVG) are all bang up to date, and none of them reported any problems or intruders. Additionally, I don't visit dodgy websites :) I did what I always do in such circumstances and restored an earlier, clean, drive image from my back-up drive which seems to have solved the problem. However, I'm curious to know what it might have been, and whether any other posters have experienced anything similar? Thanks Chancer

is it an optical mouse or rollerball mouse? Because rollerballs, unless they are cleaned frequently get all jammed up and non-responsive and also do weird things. But as far as letting go of the mouse and the cursor moving around by itself is pretty weird. If it's wireless, check the batteries. I would say try another mouse and see if you get the same results...maybe borrow one from a friend if you don't have an extra one kicking around. HTH Hopefully my advice will help you...Please post back with your results....thanks

I've got a wireless optical, but that's a good idea and I'll try it out if it ever happens again. Ta

My optical mouse takes off every now and then. I tried a different mouse and it still did it. It does it in Linux as well, so for me it's not spyware... Unity is strength.

If it's an optical mouse, make sure that you're not using a shiny mousepad. Either put the mouse on an older, matte mousepad, or use something that's darker in color under the mouse. Life is more painless for those who are brainless.

I've done that as well... Unity is strength.

I've seen this when PC Anywhere got installed on a computer.