Beeps and Stuttering Mouse

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by AJ, Feb 23, 2004.

  1. AJ

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    Ok guys, got a problem.

    Whenever I move the mouse on odd ocassions every 2 to 5 minutes the mouse pointer will stop moving for a second or so although I keep moving the mouse. In addition to this the computer beeps too. This will occur on the desktop and also affects any gameplay too.

    Running XP with SP 1 and all the latest updates. All drivers are up to date, ran Spybot - nothing.

    Any thoughts

    Cheers
     
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  2. Jakamoko
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    Old mouse, new mouse ? If old, then poss on the blink, therefore sending out IRQs causing conflicts on the system (dodgy wire in cable ?)

    If new, then drivers are best bet, but then, what do I know :roll:

    Just a few first thoughts (IMHO)
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  3. AJ

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    Cheers Gav but the mouse is OK. It's a MS optical mouse.
     
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  4. Jakamoko
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    Sorry AJ :oops: I knew you'd look at the obvious first - just gotta ask the simple questions, tho' :D
     
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  5. flex22

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    Batteries are running out.

    Thanks :!:
     
  6. AJ

    AJ 01000001 01100100 01101101 01101001 01101110 Administrator

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    Sorry Flex, not powered by batteries. Straight from the P/S2 port.

    Now the bloody machine is really screwing around. Suddenly freezes up, task manager (when it'll open) shows CPU usage 99% for Exployer.exe.

    :cussing

    Checked again, no viruses and spybot reports no spywear.

    BUGGER
     
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  7. SimonV
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    Is the beep from the case speaker or through the sound card?
     
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  8. AJ

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    From the case speaker.
     
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  9. SimonV
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    Have you checked device manager in safe mode? There may be a possibility of duplicate entries for the mouse.

    Also I've seen motherboards in the past that have had this behavior when the temperature gets high, check the temps in the BIOS.

    HTH
     
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  10. Jakamoko
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    Hah ! Clearly a trojan on your system, AJ. This clever blighter is coded to mirror exactly the general appearance of Explorer.exe. However, upon execution, it causes random beeps and stuttering mouse activity on the host PC.


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    > Sorry :oops:
     
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  11. AJ

    AJ 01000001 01100100 01101101 01101001 01101110 Administrator

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    Fair enough Gav, but how do i foind this trojan. AV no joy, spybot no joy any other suggestions? :eek:
     
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  12. SimonV
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    Did you find the route of the problem with this AJ?
     
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  13. AJ

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    Sadly no I didn't :( I had to admit defeat. Ran a compleat virus scan, spybot all in safe mode. Device manager said that all was ok but still exployer running at 99% and random mouse action.

    Did some extensive research on this with the help of Google and the only thing that I could come up with was that there was a corrupt .avi file on the machine. Great I thought, I shall find it and delete the blighter :twisted:

    Scanned my HDD and didn't have any avi's on the HDD at all. Then tryed to repair the install, no good. Then tryed to roll back the system, but it wouldn't do that either. In the end got so fed up with it, started again and formatted. :(

    So never did find out what the problem was, but I suspect Gav was right that a Trojan was installed, but where :roll:
     
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  14. SimonV
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    In the mouse, couldn't you here it trying to get out.
     
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  15. AJ

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    Thanks for that Si, I've put some cheese next to the pc to try and tempt it out :!:
     
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  16. SimonV
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    :lol: Seriously I'd have liked to read a little more info on this Trojan so if you have any Jak drop some details please.
     
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  17. Jakamoko
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    Errmm, why do I feel ever so guilty about being mischievous .... :oops:

    :aaah
     
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  18. AJ

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  19. Jakamoko
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    Is that my Mum shouting me for tea-time ? :fol
     
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