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unc70

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3. Possible you have picked up a keylogger

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Sat Feb 25, 2017, 09:16 AM

Feb 2017

A keylogger or some other malware. Or lots of web analytics stuff tied to various ad serving systems. WA are just another type of spyware with better PR. Even a site like DU still drags a lot of that stuff in.

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I have a Dell laptop and wireless mouse. Sometimes I can't type when I'm [View all] raccoon Feb 2017 OP

What browser are you using to access the Internet? liberal N proud Feb 2017 #1

Firefox, usually. Sometimes IE. When it happens, it happens in both. nt raccoon Feb 2017 #6

Try a different browser and see it it is the same liberal N proud Feb 2017 #8

I got my first computer in 1984 matt819 Feb 2017 #2

Possible you have picked up a keylogger unc70 Feb 2017 #3

Does your WIFI drop periodically. From my experience with a Dell inspiron 7000, it used to drop still_one Feb 2017 #4

No. nt raccoon Feb 2017 #5

Sounds like a misbehaving piece of software Egnever Feb 2017 #7