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Old 11-26-2001, 03:54 PM   #1
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Mouse Button Reversal Virus?

Had a recent encounter with weird activity. The last time unexplainable stuff happened was when CIH was running around.

I cannot pinpoint it, but it switched the mouse buttons around (ie right click was left click and vice versa). It was a simple enough activity to change them back, after learning how to right click to navigate, but I cannot help but think some program told Microsoft to do it. The computer runs behind so many layers of protection that I cannot image something this simple not being shot down, but I cannot find a trace of any malicious programming.

Is it possible that Intellipoint decided that today was a good time to change buttons? Or, if such a virus like this exists (as it no doubt does) why would something as simple like Norton detect it? Crazy going slowly am I. More so than usual.

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Old 11-26-2001, 08:30 PM   #2
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Last thing I saw that would do this was installing a......err.......illegally modified version of Audiograbber.
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Old 11-26-2001, 10:05 PM   #3
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http://www.antivirus.com/vinfo/virus...KE_SWAPMOUSE.A


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http://housecall.antivirus.com/
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