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тАО08-07-2003 02:07 PM
тАО08-07-2003 02:07 PM
It appears as if my mouse is being controlled by an external source. I know this can be done because the computer guy where I used to work used go into my computer from another. He could view my screen and control my mouse on
another computer.
Sometimes when I'm tryin to use my mouse, it is steering AWAY from buttons, for example, when I try to click on them.
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тАО08-07-2003 03:02 PM
тАО08-07-2003 03:02 PM
SolutionSometimes network administration uses this to grab admin control of your computer to make changes or correct things.
Or it could be nefarious. A joke program could have been loaded. If you have control of course, because YOU are at the power switch.
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тАО08-07-2003 06:50 PM
тАО08-07-2003 06:50 PM
Re: Hacker controlling mouse?
On the more simple side, flip over the mouse, remove the ball cover and ball, and look for a hair/dust/crud build up on the roller bars. This can cause the mouse ball to slip or stop moving when using it sometimes. Rubbing alcohol and a q-tip works well for removing this, although scraping it off with a fingernail or pen will work just as well.
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Brian
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тАО08-08-2003 04:13 AM
тАО08-08-2003 04:13 AM
Re: Hacker controlling mouse?
1) Most likely cause is a buildup of foreign matter inside the mouse ball chamber, dust, full etc etc. Give the ball and internal rollers a clean by removing the ball from the chamber.
2) Seconday cause is likely to be Netmeeting or PCanywhere sitting in host mode. You can determine if these are being used as there is probably an icon in you icon tray (bottom right hand corener of your windows environment)
If its PCAW then you are likely to have a chat option when you right click on the PCAW icon.
If its in chatmode then someone is already connected to your host and console via dialup or TCP/ip depending how youve got it configured. providing you can get yoru mouse on the icon then you can end the remote session.
3) Thirdly it could be an incorrect mouse driver or even the drag rate when you move the mouse. Check in the contol panel under mouse settings.
Keith
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тАО08-08-2003 05:14 AM
тАО08-08-2003 05:14 AM
Re: Hacker controlling mouse?
Do a good virus scan. housecall.antivirus.com will scan your system for free.
Run msconfig and see if there are any strange programs running. http://netsquirrel.com/msconfig/ tells how and has links to sites which explain what each program does.
Get the free version of zone alarm from www.zonelabs.com. It will block any remote control trojan.
Finally get the free version of ad aware and run it. Delete anything it finds. (This last won't solve your problem but is part of a good system cleanup.)
If all else fails, go into Start/Settings/Control Panel/System/Device Manager, find the mouse and delete it then reboot. Windows should rediscover it and install the correct driver.
Ron
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тАО08-08-2003 06:44 AM
тАО08-08-2003 06:44 AM