Re: PC hit with black padlock mouse pointer virus..?

From: Lynn Deman (demanl_at_dadllc.com)
Date: 05/27/05 

Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 22:44:35 -0400

David,

I now believe that the problem was caused by a failing logitech Cordless
Trackman FX track ball.....this track ball is almost as big as a
baseball..really nice to use...but no longer made and distributed by
logitech....and I have had three of them now go bad....after 3 years of
use.....but none of them have ever gone bad in this fashion....

Thanks for your help...I replaced the trackball with an old wired mouse that
I had laying around in my pc grave yard....and the problem has gone
away.......after I had removed the logitech mouseware software and
drivers....any way...the problem has now no longer reproducible....again
thanks for your assistance...

Lynn

"David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in message
news:uDlMDMkYFHA.2684@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> From: "msnews.microsoft.com" <demanl@hotmail.com>
>
> | Help...911..
> |
> | my wife just called me from home....her windows xpsp2 machine seems to
> have
> | just been hit with a malicious virus of some sort...
> |
> | The mouse pointer has been changed to a black padlock icon...and all
> sorts
> | of windows xp applications seem to be popping up all over the
> | screen...almost like something is launching all of the pc's
> | applications...and she cannot get the pc to do anything else....
> |
> | Has anyone..and I do mean anyone...seen anything remotely similar to
> this
> | experience...any help will be...and I do mean WILL...be greatly
> | appreciated..
> |
> | I did have her turn the pc off until I can get home to take a
> peek...hope
> | its nothing too serious....:)
> |
> | Thanks........
> |
>
> When YOU get gone...and I mean when U get home...examine the PC and jot
> down specific
> information then post the exact problems noted.
>
> --
> Dave
> http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
> http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm
>
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