Re: Magic Scrolling?
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Re: Magic Scrolling?

From: Alun Jones <alun@texis.invalid>
Date: Fri Nov 04 2005 - 23:16:45 CET

dak wrote:
> On 2 Nov 2005 08:15:19 -0800, telicalbook wrote:
>
>> A few times when I've been using Mozilla or Firefox, the program will
>> start scrolling. I'll see the contents go up and down without my
>> control.
>> I'm wondering if that is a sign of being hacked.
>
> Possibly could be a sign of a malfunctioning mouse.

If it's a wireless mouse, try changing the batteries.

Alun.
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P.S. Strange, isn't it, how often the security-related newsgroups get to
advise people to change the batteries in their meeses?
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Received on Mon Nov 21 02:39:32 2005