Hello all, \\\\ Well, as you can see, I am having a problem with backslashes, and it just started over the last couple of days. I don't know if I have a virus or not. The computer does seem to have slowed a good deal, and whenever I go to a blank field - menu bar, search engine, here, I get an infinitely replicating series of backslashes popping off that only go away by backspacing. This also happens whenever I hit a hard return. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\ \ \ \ \\\\ -see what I mean? The only thing I can do is to hit backspace to the beginning of the line, and if I'm lucky, I can get a word in which seems to stop the process. I have posted on websites, and looked for some kind of "backslash virus," but so far, no luck. Any suggestions on where to take this? Thanks.
Wow...is this a joke or real? My first thing to do is to pick up the keyboard, turn it upside down and give it a few good thumps. It could be something sticky down there.
No, I assure you, Col, unfortunately it's real. \\\\\\\\\ -There, again. I actually thought of this and shook it out, but at least so far, that wasn't it. I wish I knew how to read the Hijack This log better, because I'd love to zap whatever is causing this to go away.
Get yourself some latest updates for Spyware and Virus detection. I googled your problem and found some info here. Hope this helps. Col
i had this problem with my cordless HP keyboard and mouse it was ok using the mouse but not the keyboard, and the fault happened with both keyboards as i bought 2 of them for 2 different pc's one online and one for just playing games and watching movies so was never online or updated. the only thing i could see was the lights kept flashing on the sensor once i started to use the keyboard. maybe a change of keyboard? thats what i did, the mouse and sensor i use today are the same, i just cant use the keyboard.
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