Comput crash or flakey mouse??

I think my comp is on its last leg. Often times when I move my mouse a certain way it flakes out. Windows open up all over. Like 'start/programs or whatever is around. and I have no control of mouse anymore so I have to do a ctrl alt del and shut off. I never know when this is going to repeat. but it begins when I move my mouse somewhere. Any ideas? is this a melt down? Thanks Sally I have windows 98 2nd addition. I don't do much with it except email or play spider solitaire. Usually this happens when I am playing solitaire If I run my mouse over a desktop icon or move it too fast. Is this the way it looks when you crash?

You may already have a virus/spyware hijack

download the Stinger from here and run it to make sure that A-V-disabling
viruses are not present on your PC
http://vil.mcafeesecurity.com/vil/averttools.asp

- update your virus scanner and run a full system scan of all files.

Reboot to Safe Mode and run CWShredder - to remove variants of the
CoolWebSearch hijacker.
http://www.merijn.org/cwschronicles.html

Use CWShredder, the removal tool:
http://www.trendmicro.com/cwshredder/

download AdAware SE Personal Edition from www.lavasoftusa.com, install,
update, and run it to remove spyware, adware, and other such nasties from
your system.


--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm

http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's
"Sally" wrote in message
...
I think my comp is on its last leg. Often times when I move my mouse a
certain way it flakes out. Windows open up all over. Like 'start/programs or
whatever is around. and I have no control of mouse anymore so I have to do
a ctrl alt del and shut off. I never know when this is going to repeat. but
it begins when I move my mouse somewhere. Any ideas? is this a melt down?
Thanks Sally I have windows 98 2nd addition. I don't do much with it
except email or play spider solitaire. Usually this happens when I am
playing solitaire If I run my mouse over a desktop icon or move it too
fast. Is this the way it looks when you crash?

Hey Noel,
If this is an aged mouse, couldn't it simply have a short in its'
little tail?
Heirloom, old and 'bout time for tea

"Noel Paton" wrote in message
...
You may already have a virus/spyware hijack

download the Stinger from here and run it to make sure that A-V-disabling
viruses are not present on your PC
http://vil.mcafeesecurity.com/vil/averttools.asp

- update your virus scanner and run a full system scan of all files.

Reboot to Safe Mode and run CWShredder - to remove variants of the
CoolWebSearch hijacker.
http://www.merijn.org/cwschronicles.html

Use CWShredder, the removal tool:
http://www.trendmicro.com/cwshredder/

download AdAware SE Personal Edition from www.lavasoftusa.com, install,
update, and run it to remove spyware, adware, and other such nasties from
your system.


--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm

http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's
"Sally" wrote in message
...
I think my comp is on its last leg. Often times when I move my mouse a
certain way it flakes out. Windows open up all over. Like 'start/programs
or whatever is around. and I have no control of mouse anymore so I have
to do a ctrl alt del and shut off. I never know when this is going to
repeat. but it begins when I move my mouse somewhere. Any ideas? is this
a melt down? Thanks Sally I have windows 98 2nd addition. I don't do
much with it except email or play spider solitaire. Usually this happens
when I am playing solitaire If I run my mouse over a desktop icon or move
it too fast. Is this the way it looks when you crash?

Seeing as we are all so much younger, we wouldn't know.

However, I won't ask any embarrassing questions of you re 'shorts in
your tail' ...LOL!!

Figgs

"Heirloom" wrote in message
...
Hey Noel,
If this is an aged mouse, couldn't it simply have a short in
its' little tail?
Heirloom, old and 'bout time for tea

"Noel Paton" wrote in message
...
You may already have a virus/spyware hijack

download the Stinger from here and run it to make sure that
A-V-disabling
viruses are not present on your PC
http://vil.mcafeesecurity.com/vil/averttools.asp

- update your virus scanner and run a full system scan of all files.

Reboot to Safe Mode and run CWShredder - to remove variants of the
CoolWebSearch hijacker.
http://www.merijn.org/cwschronicles.html

Use CWShredder, the removal tool:
http://www.trendmicro.com/cwshredder/

download AdAware SE Personal Edition from www.lavasoftusa.com,
install, update, and run it to remove spyware, adware, and other such
nasties from your system.


--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm

http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to
NG's
"Sally" wrote in message
...
I think my comp is on its last leg. Often times when I move my mouse
a certain way it flakes out. Windows open up all over. Like
'start/programs or whatever is around. and I have no control of
mouse anymore so I have to do a ctrl alt del and shut off. I never
know when this is going to repeat. but it begins when I move my mouse
somewhere. Any ideas? is this a melt down? Thanks Sally I have
windows 98 2nd addition. I don't do much with it except email or
play spider solitaire. Usually this happens when I am playing
solitaire If I run my mouse over a desktop icon or move it too fast.
Is this the way it looks when you crash?

It's certainly possible, H - but my money is on malware

--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm

http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's
"Heirloom" wrote in message
...
Hey Noel,
If this is an aged mouse, couldn't it simply have a short in its'
little tail?
Heirloom, old and 'bout time for tea

"Noel Paton" wrote in message
...
You may already have a virus/spyware hijack

download the Stinger from here and run it to make sure that A-V-disabling
viruses are not present on your PC
http://vil.mcafeesecurity.com/vil/averttools.asp

- update your virus scanner and run a full system scan of all files.

Reboot to Safe Mode and run CWShredder - to remove variants of the
CoolWebSearch hijacker.
http://www.merijn.org/cwschronicles.html

Use CWShredder, the removal tool:
http://www.trendmicro.com/cwshredder/

download AdAware SE Personal Edition from www.lavasoftusa.com, install,
update, and run it to remove spyware, adware, and other such nasties from
your system.


--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm

http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's
"Sally" wrote in message
...
I think my comp is on its last leg. Often times when I move my mouse a
certain way it flakes out. Windows open up all over. Like 'start/programs
or whatever is around. and I have no control of mouse anymore so I have
to do a ctrl alt del and shut off. I never know when this is going to
repeat. but it begins when I move my mouse somewhere. Any ideas? is this
a melt down? Thanks Sally I have windows 98 2nd addition. I don't do
much with it except email or play spider solitaire. Usually this happens
when I am playing solitaire If I run my mouse over a desktop icon or
move it too fast. Is this the way it looks when you crash?