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A 'Redundant' Virus?
« on: March 17, 2010, 01:47:01 PM »
I hope someone can help me, I feel like I'm crazy.

I logged into my Yahoo Mail yesterday and ever since, the letter 'l' or 'k' keep repeating over and over. I doubled checked the keyboard and ran both a virus and spyware scan which have turned up nothing unfortunately.

The key is definitely not stuck, but I am!

Has anyone experienced this and knows what to do? I say another post like this and wanted to add that there is no special background or error message that pops up. I can't type anything because the bars keep filling up with 'k'

Thanking you in advance!
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Re: A 'Redundant' Virus?
« Reply #1 on: March 17, 2010, 06:05:13 PM »
try another keyboard.
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Re: A 'Redundant' Virus?
« Reply #2 on: March 17, 2010, 07:42:17 PM »
I support the above suggestion, but for testing purposes, it might actually be easier to just unplug your keyboard.  When the screen starts filling up with letters, unplug the keyboard and see what happens.  If the letters stop, then you either need to clean or replace your keyboard.

I am almost certain that your keyboard is the problem, but this will let you test it before buying a new one.  Give it a try and let us know what happens.
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