On Apr 4, 10:47 am, Dragon's Girl <dragonsg...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Lately, my cursor seems to have taken over my Windows computer windows.
>
> While I'm web surfing, every once in a while, the cursor seems to open its
> own windows and move around the screen at high speed (like about ten
> windows get opened in about five seconds or so).
>
> After about fifteen or twenty seconds of this, I just hold down the power
> key to reboot as there is nothing I can do while the cursor is going
> freescale on me. Then, the problem goes away until the next time it occurs
> again a day or two later.
>
> Does anyone else have this cursor take over problem on Windows XP?
> Do you know what the fix?
> Even though I have a firewall, could it be a virus or spyware doing this?
> How can I tell?


You will need to run Windows Updates immediately and install the
following emergency Critical Update released yesterday:

Windows Critical Update Released - Apply Immediately, Information
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/b...ws/message/260

US-CERT Cyber Security Alert SA07-093A -- Microsoft Update for Windows
Animated Cursor Vulnerability
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/b...ws/message/278

US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA07-093A -- Microsoft Update
for
Windows Animated Cursor Vulnerability
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/b...ws/message/280

Microsoft issuing animated cursor security patch (Reuters)
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/b...ws/message/271

Attacks Escalate As Microsoft Announces Emergency .ANI Patch
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/b...ws/message/272

FWSLabs, Email Lures for ANI Zero-Day
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/b...ws/message/256

Animated cursor worm proactively stopped by Sophos
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/b...ws/message/265

Repost: Microsoft: Attacks on Windows flaw rise (AP) 3/30/07
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/b...ws/message/274


It is strongly recommended you purchase one of the top three
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Antispyware. Once you have applied the Critical Update patch which
will plug the exploit hole and keep cybercriminals from pumping and
dumping more malware into your computer - it is recommended to reboot
into Safe Mode and do a full system scan with both antivirus and
antispyware software programs - one at a time not together.

Restarting the computer in Safe Mode stops all running processes and
enables security software to remove the threats. It it is the same
with valid software - if it is currently running you must stop the
program first and then uninstall it. Most times it is not neccessary
to reboot into Safe Mode with antivirus and antispyware programs.
However in tricky and severe threats this is many times the result
after a full scan - the antivirus or antispyware program will explain
it cannot remove the threat until you do indeed reboot into Safe Mode
and do a full scan. With a severe threat it just saves the time of a
double full scan by just booting into Safe Mode from the get.

Of course do not forget to first Update your antivirus and antispyware
programs before submerging into Safe Mode to perform the full scan.
You will need the latest up to date definitions released.

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