Ok, about two weeks ago my PC started acting funny. Basically, in a nutshell, the LEFT ctrl key will turn on by itself.
So I'm in the middle of scrolling a webpage and suddenly mymouse wheel starts making the fonts jack up/down. Hitting the right CTRL key does nothing. Hitting the LEFT ctrl key stops it.
Sometimes the problem returns 2 seconds later....sometimes it takes hours for the problem to return. Also when the CTRL key is "pressed" by this phantom thing going on, the keyboard functions as it should with CTRL pressed....L will lock, K will do something else, O will open...and the main mouse button is now multiple-highlighting (like holding down CTRL and clicking on things to select them all).
So I go "Gee....my $10 keyboard is flakin out". So I replace it with a $20 keyboard, USB (my old one was PS/2). Welp, the problem persists.
So next I think "****...MalWare....or worse..a Keylogger..I knew those creepy porn sites weren't worth it". McAfee finds nothing, Defender finds nothing, even some of the toher apps like A-Squared find nothing. I had another app looking for keyloggers or RootKit exploits...nothing.
So basically....I'm stumped as to what the hell is going on.
No: StickyKeys is turned off, disabled, as are all of those keyboard shortcuts. I even went to XP sp3 (Gasp!) just to see if that would make the problem go away (desperate, i know). Nope.
Its an annoyance...I dont mind it..I can deal..plus the new keyboard is nice
But honestly, anyone have any idea? I just hate to think there's a keylogger or some creepy undetectable malware sitting around. Didn't see much of interest in TaskManager, but who knows whats hiding there.
Any ideas?
So I'm in the middle of scrolling a webpage and suddenly mymouse wheel starts making the fonts jack up/down. Hitting the right CTRL key does nothing. Hitting the LEFT ctrl key stops it.
Sometimes the problem returns 2 seconds later....sometimes it takes hours for the problem to return. Also when the CTRL key is "pressed" by this phantom thing going on, the keyboard functions as it should with CTRL pressed....L will lock, K will do something else, O will open...and the main mouse button is now multiple-highlighting (like holding down CTRL and clicking on things to select them all).
So I go "Gee....my $10 keyboard is flakin out". So I replace it with a $20 keyboard, USB (my old one was PS/2). Welp, the problem persists.
So next I think "****...MalWare....or worse..a Keylogger..I knew those creepy porn sites weren't worth it". McAfee finds nothing, Defender finds nothing, even some of the toher apps like A-Squared find nothing. I had another app looking for keyloggers or RootKit exploits...nothing.
So basically....I'm stumped as to what the hell is going on.
No: StickyKeys is turned off, disabled, as are all of those keyboard shortcuts. I even went to XP sp3 (Gasp!) just to see if that would make the problem go away (desperate, i know). Nope.
Its an annoyance...I dont mind it..I can deal..plus the new keyboard is nice

Any ideas?