Hello everyone, I am posting this because my mouse and browser are close to driving 
me to the edges of insanity. For about a week now, my mouse has been behaving irratically 
for some reason. I am using a wired optic mouse (no mouseball) of the TRUST brand, 
on windows XP. It has never been a problem for about 1,5 years, but for some reason, 
it now acts very weird;

- it sometimes randomly decides to stop moving (the cursor doesn't respond, but the 
mouse's optic laser does respond)
- The cursor just decides to jump over the screen randomly (including during any 
games I play)
- while moving it, it sometimes causes my browser (Mozilla firefox, the latest) to 
just behave weird (browsing  to the previous/next page etc)

Sometimes a reboot seems to help, but not always. It can go well for half a day, 
or it can be a total b*tch for hours in a row. I tried using another mouse, a standard 
one with a mouseball, but it had the same results. I'm fairly sure its related to 
the pc motherboard, but I'm not to sure about it either. Any advice would be greatly 
appreciated


-michel


PS

for example, I tried to carefully move the cursor to the "post message" button, and 
it simply went back to the previous page. help ¬_¬;...

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Hi michel van der linden 

Where to start?

Google Trust Mouse to makers site - your model - instruction manual, device drivers, 
FAQS

WXP -  Control Panel, Mouse - see various settings

Surface on which the mouse is used can influence the way it works

If there is a PS/2 adapter for this Mouse then try this port instead of a USB port?

Just a possibility - some maleware/ prankware in the system?


David






On Saturday, March 10, 2007 at 4:57 am, michel van der linden wrote:

>Hello everyone, I am posting this because my mouse and browser are close to driving 

>me to the edges of insanity. For about a week now, my mouse has been behaving irratically 

>for some reason. I am using a wired optic mouse (no mouseball) of the TRUST brand, 

>on windows XP. It has never been a problem for about 1,5 years, but for some reason, 

>it now acts very weird;

>

>- it sometimes randomly decides to stop moving (the cursor doesn't respond, but 
the 

>mouse's optic laser does respond)

>- The cursor just decides to jump over the screen randomly (including during any 

>games I play)

>- while moving it, it sometimes causes my browser (Mozilla firefox, the latest) 
to 

>just behave weird (browsing  to the previous/next page etc)

>

>Sometimes a reboot seems to help, but not always. It can go well for half a day, 

>or it can be a total b*tch for hours in a row. I tried using another mouse, a standard 

>one with a mouseball, but it had the same results. I'm fairly sure its related to 

>the pc motherboard, but I'm not to sure about it either. Any advice would be greatly 

>appreciated

>

>

>-michel

>

>

>PS

>

>for example, I tried to carefully move the cursor to the "post message" button, 
and 

>it simply went back to the previous page. help ¬_¬;... 

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I think I discovered the cause earlier. It seems a very persistant tracking cookie 
called "Avenue A, inc" keeps messing things up. Its a cookie that comes from advertisements 
online, and seems to have a habit of returning to my pc despite having pretty decent 
security settings.

Any advice on that? Because whenever I remove the cookie everything works just fine 
again. And whenever the mouse acts weird again, I do a scan, and the tracking cookie 
returns

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Ave A tracking cookie is used by many web sites. SpywareBlaster will usually prevent most tracking cookies from being put on your PC, but Ave A won't cause mouse problems. I would just try another mouse to rule it out. I have a mouse going bad, and its cursor wanders around the screen.

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michel, You probably don't want the tracking cookie, but I doubt that it is causing this problem.
Out of Davids suggestions, I would favour a mouse with a different connector
ie - if your mouse is USB, then try a PS2 one or vice versa

Too old to die young

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I have tried a different mouse, a regular one (the standard mouse). The same thing 
happened (this was before I removed that tracking cookie).


And while I also can't understand how a tracker can affect my mouse or browser, getting 
rid of it DOES seem to put my mousecursor/browser back to normal. Maybe its a firefox 
issue with security?

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Not a Firefox issue. I have had the Avenue A cookie for years now. Firefox doesn't care. Not sure why you are having the problem. Guess you should run a complete Malware removal routine, but look for nastier things then Advertising cookies.

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