computer acting weird, won't recogize numbers correctly?

[wolfman]

I've been having problems using paypal today and when I called them today, they checked and cannot figure out why. I went to send an email to the buyer and you have to enter one of those 6 digit security numbers at the end to prove I'm not automated. When I entered the 6 digit number it said it was wrong and it is clear as day. I did this approx 5 more times. What's up with this? This may be why the paypal wasn't working.

[Geek-9pm]

You need to resolve this with papal.

But do this first.
Go to the house or office of a trusted friend. See if you nan reproduce the problem on his computer.

If it works alright on your friends computer, then suspect that you have a very clever key logger on your PC. It is a form of mallware and needs to be removed.

But if the same thing oculars on your friends computer, contact PayPal customer support.

[wolfman]

I was later able to go to my wifes computer and the transaction went off without a hitch. So what should I do. I had just run Malware Anti-malware earlier because it was running slow, showed nothing, and I ran it again today, again showed nothing. I recently ran CC Cleaner and use AVG antivirus. I'm running windows 7 on an HP system only a month old.

[Geek-9pm]

Until you fix this use her computer for transactions.
Some things you can try:
1. Contact HP and tell them you will send the thing back if they don't help you. (Worth a try.)
2. Create a new user account on you HP PC , log into the new local user account with administrator level. Download a copy of another browser. Turn off AVG anti-virus. See if you can get into the PayPal thing with the new local user account.
(They are a few esoteric things the go wrong with the keyboard map of a user. Hard to explain.)

If the above fails, go to the anti-virus forum and ask for help from the experts there.  They know how to spot rogue spy-ware.