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very strange behaviour - is it a virus?

  • 08-08-2010 1:32pm
    #1
    ferguson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 137 ✭✭


    XP Home SP3 on a laptop patched with up to date AV

    Lasyt night i noticed i cannot search for anything all searches turn to iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii. There is no letter i on its own. I cannot type firefox. It becomes friiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

    The same happens when trying to enter an url in address bar. It becomes www.iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

    Has anyone ever seen this


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  • #2
    WIZE
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,597 ✭✭✭WIZE


    when you type any other letter is i replacing the letter

    Or is your i key stuck


  • #3
    ferguson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 137 ✭✭ferguson


    WIZE wrote: »
    when you type any other letter is i replacing the letter
    yes and it just goes off repeating i's
    Or is your i key stuck
    not sure no i appears when it is struck but it does 'move'


  • #4
    JonathanAnon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,718 ✭✭✭✭JonathanAnon


    could be a hardware fault.. can you boot to Windows Safe Mode, or maybe to a CD and see if you can type the letter i outside of Windows.

    Did you spill anything on it.. ?


  • #5
    ferguson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 137 ✭✭ferguson


    JonathanAnon wrote: »
    could be a hardware fault.. can you boot to Windows Safe Mode, or maybe to a CD and see if you can type the letter i outside of Windows.
    ok i have i's everywhere except when i hit the i key.anything i type, every second letter is i. in firefox looking for about:config it becomes aibioi but the i in config will not type
    Did you spill anything on it.. ?
    no


  • #6
    Drexel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,500 ✭✭✭Drexel


    that is a very strange problem. It does sound like it is your actual 'i' key on the keyboard especially as that key doesnt work. Maybe a small bit of something stuck under the key that you cannot see.


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  • #7
    ferguson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 137 ✭✭ferguson


    jonny666 wrote: »
    that is a very strange problem. It does sound like it is your actual 'i' key on the keyboard especially as that key doesnt work. Maybe a small bit of something stuck under the key that you cannot see.
    Safe mode makes no difference. Also in safe mode the only option when clicking start is that it goes to webpage and this is offline. I cannot click start and then choose a program such as notepad to test the i. By clicking start it goes to browser. I clicked in the address bar when offline and the i just ran along the address bar like iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii. jaze you couldn't make it up, really weird. A quick virus scan says clean

    I will take on board suggestions here and work on it and post back tomorrow going out now,Thanks all


  • #8
    Drexel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,500 ✭✭✭Drexel


    Ah that def sounds like a problem with the key. Word of warning tho. I had to open a dell laptop before and found it very difficult to get under the keyboard


  • #9
    bonzodog2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,254 ✭✭✭bonzodog2


    You have a few options:
    try an external keyboard, USB or PS/2 according to your laptop model
    get a replacement KB from ebay
    use XP's on-screen KB (look for accessibility) (not a great idea if you do a lot of typing !)


  • #10
    ferguson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 137 ✭✭ferguson


    It works with the on screen keyboardo must be keyboard. I will have to get a usb keyboard. Thanks everyone for the help;)


  • #11
    Skerries
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,570 ✭✭✭✭Skerries


    definitely sounds like something caught in the keyboard
    what type of laptop is it and maybe we can tell you how to open it?
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