I've been asked to help a friend in fixing her computer - of course, she refuses to let me on until I present her some sort of solution. I'm hoping you guys can help.
The problem has to deal with the keyboard. She believes it is a keyboard virus. The keyboard randomly skips words, puts in the wrong letters(not misspelling) and will flash back to the beginning of the line, deleting everything. If this is a virus/malware does it require a specialized removal technique? Or will my normal battery of programs work?
Could this possibly be a driver malfunction instead? If it is, can I fix it without a Windows XP disk? and I also heard this could be part of a BIOS update problem.
Any news would be great, thanks for any help.
2007-05-10 13:04:12 · 4 answers · asked by jorlwind 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
there are a hundred prank programs/viruses out there. yes, i think its a virus. i got one from a friend. you just run it, and then the person gets irritated with wrong words and stuff. its disabled when you restart your computer. thats how mine works. for you, you could try restarting it, scanning it with an anti virus. just make sure your virus index is up to date.
2007-05-10 13:10:42 · answer #1 · answered by turquil 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-08-26 21:06:55 · answer #2 · answered by Breann 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like the keyboard may have keys that are sticking. Tell her to spend $15 on a new one. If it still does it, return it and get your $15 back.
2007-05-10 13:11:24 · answer #3 · answered by Aldo the Apache 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Could be all of these but if you can't get on the damn computer to check.....
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...I mean you better be getting paid well to diagnose without the machine itself.
Fix her first. ;P
2007-05-10 13:08:51 · answer #4 · answered by Nick O 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋