I'm having weird mouse clicking problems

[Stojakapimp]

I'm not sure if this is from some sort of virus or not, but about a week ago, my mouse just started acting funny. What it's been doing is that sometimes it acts like a single click is a double click. Like if I go to open something and double click on it, it will actually open it twice. Or if I try to move a window and click on the top bar, it will act like it double clicked and maximize the window.

Anyone ever heard of this happening? I'm not sure if I got some virus through email or not, but I've ran a virus scan a couple of times and have found nothing.

So any ideas on what might be causing this?

 

[IBdaMac]

What kind of mouse is it?

If it's logitech, just go to their website and download the software they have for the mouse.

 

[Stojakapimp]

Originally posted by: IBdaMac
What kind of mouse is it?

If it's logitech, just go to their website and download the software they have for the mouse.

no, it's a microsoft optical mouse. While the drivers are installed for it, there may be new drivers, but then why would this start happening just last week?

 

[GregANDTCH]

Can you test with a different mouse?
Maybe it's going bad.
Does it always act like you're double-clicking it?
Could someone have gotten on your computer & changed the mouse settings?
I believe there's a control panel setting that makes a single click act like a double one.