keystrokes being monitored?

[Mr. Prez]

Recently, when I enter keystrokes on my computer keyboard, there is a
new <delay> of up to ten to twelve stokes, where nothing
appears...then, all of a sudden, the entire word I typed appears at
once. This is not only annoying, but makes me wonder if my computer
is being "monitored". I have the latest antivirus stuff; is there any
way for me to uncover or uninstall this?
It only does this on one computer (Compaq), not my other one...
Thanks,
Mr. Prez

[default]

On 30 Aug 2003 06:42:28 -0700, kidsparty2004@yahoo.com (Mr. Prez)
wrote:

>Recently, when I enter keystrokes on my computer keyboard, there is a
>new <delay> of up to ten to twelve stokes, where nothing
>appears...then, all of a sudden, the entire word I typed appears at
>once. This is not only annoying, but makes me wonder if my computer
>is being "monitored". I have the latest antivirus stuff; is there any
>way for me to uncover or uninstall this?
>It only does this on one computer (Compaq), not my other one...
>Thanks,
>Mr. Prez
That is a symptom of an overloaded processor also, check the system
monitor. Hard to type that way, isn't it?


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[Data64]

kidsparty2004@yahoo.com (Mr. Prez) wrote in
news:831d21ae.0308300542.35f13560@posting.google.c om:

> Recently, when I enter keystrokes on my computer keyboard, there is a
> new <delay> of up to ten to twelve stokes, where nothing
> appears...then, all of a sudden, the entire word I typed appears at
> once. This is not only annoying, but makes me wonder if my computer
> is being "monitored". I have the latest antivirus stuff; is there any
> way for me to uncover or uninstall this?
> It only does this on one computer (Compaq), not my other one...
> Thanks,
> Mr. Prez

Try defragmenting the hard drive.

And just to be on the safe side, download
and install Adaware and Spybot Search and Destroy. Let both of them
download their latest patches and do a scan.


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data64

[Jay T. Blocksom]

On 31 Aug 2003 13:24:51 GMT, in <alt.privacy.spyware>, Data64
<me@privacy.net> wrote:
>
> kidsparty2004@yahoo.com (Mr. Prez) wrote in
> news:831d21ae.0308300542.35f13560@posting.google.c om:
>
> > Recently, when I enter keystrokes on my computer keyboard, there is a
> > new <delay> of up to ten to twelve stokes, where nothing
> > appears...then, all of a sudden, the entire word I typed appears at
> > once.
[snip]
>
> Try defragmenting the hard drive.
>
[snip]

Which would have *what*, exactly, to do with the symptom "Data64" reported?

> And just to be on the safe side, download
> and install Adaware and Spybot Search and Destroy.
[snip]

This, at least, is decent advice.

> Let both of them
> download their latest patches and do a scan.
>
[snip]

Or better, download the updates separately then install them per best
practices using an installation-monitor utility like InCtrl or Total
Uninstall (I prefer the former, but YMMV).

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[Jay T. Blocksom]

On 30 Aug 2003 06:42:28 -0700, in <alt.privacy.spyware>,
kidsparty2004@yahoo.com (Mr. Prez) wrote:
>
> Recently, when I enter keystrokes on my computer keyboard, there is a
> new <delay> of up to ten to twelve stokes, where nothing
> appears...then, all of a sudden, the entire word I typed appears at
> once. This is not only annoying, but makes me wonder if my computer
> is being "monitored".
[snip]

Possible. But the more likely explanation is that your CPU is saturated.

> I have the latest antivirus stuff;
[snip]

And that is very probably part of the reason why, especially if you've
enabled all the auto-everything protect-me-from-myself "features", most
which are usually unnecessary.

> ...is there any
> way for me to uncover or uninstall this?
[snip]

"Uncover or uninstall" *what*, exactly?

Have you run a full system scan with AdAware and/or Spybot Search & Destroy?
That's SOP Step #1 in cases like this.

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