Can a computer virus affect the keyboard

Maybe you have a program that interferes with keyboard input. Restart your comptuer in safe mode. To do this, restart your computer. If the windows logo comes up, you missed and must try again.

If you get the "advanced startup options" menu, select the option that simply says "safe mode". If your hardware keyboard s work normally, peform the following steps to find what is causing the problem:.

Well the keyboard's fixed - at least for now It's still acting up a little though There's an identity thief that's illegally blocking me from following my usual contacts. He recently tried to lock me out of a few of my social networking accounts, but I worked that out, and he didn't get away with it. I can tell it's his doing and not my friends' because none of them have blocked me on Facebook, how can I see if it's the real person behind the Twitter account or a hacker?

Can you help me with this? I know he tried to do something similar with my Yahoo inbox as well. If not, try renaming it, or run it in safe mode directions for that are on my second post on page 1. My keyboard on my laptop began typing really funny 2 weeks ago. My Mom took it into the shop that week and the technicians told us it was they couldn't even LOG ON and that we needed to buy a new one. I've been keeping some spam emails, could that have anything to do with it?

This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread. I have the same question Report abuse. Clean it or replace it. Keyboards are cheap! Remember to be patient when plugging it into USB for it to Install. If it is PS2, then a reboot after replacing or a powerdown before replacing, since they only register at startup.

If it works fine on another machine then I would suspect software problem. It may be a keylogger. Evan - I wasn't trying to say that your answer was wrong I am simply interested in whether or not this has been found only in Macintosh keyboards.

It is interesting that someone has hacked a keyboard at all. I am also wondering how different a keyboard for a Mac is in relation to one that you would by for a PC. I agree it has been proven that a keyboard can be hacked leaving behind pieces even after a wipe and reload.

How possible is it that PC users are going to have to worry about yet another type of attack? Just realized the SW community member who posted this said it was a laptop key board and the keys are clean Aside from the mac keyboards, I suppose my G15 has enough intelligience that the same firmware hack approach would would.

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Learn More ». Verify your account to enable IT peers to see that you are a professional. If not, then try starting up the computer in "Safe Mode" and see if you can use the keyboard fine then. If yes, then you need to get a good antivirus program and search with that. Malwarebytes, not really serious antivirus it is more malware. Two totally different things. How to enter "Safe Mode" when booting the computer. In Windows 8 and As your computer restarts, press F8 possibly a few times to enter "Safe Mode" a.

Press the "F4" key to Enable "Safe Mode". The computer will then start in "Safe Mode" with a minimal set of drivers and services. Once "Safe Mode" with Networking starts, Windows is in Safe Mode, with additional network and services for accessing the Internet and other computers on your network. This option is mostly only used by IT professionals. Now sign in to the computer with your account name and password.

If you have one set. When you are finished troubleshooting, you can exit "Safe Mode" restarting your computer. Immediately after turning on the computer, or restarting it usually after you hear your computer beep , tap the F8 key, repeatedly, in 1 second intervals.

The computer will then display hardware information and run a memory test. Next the "Advanced Boot Options" menu will appear. Thank you, now i am starting to think too that it may not be a virus because i tried safe mode and i still had the problem. On the other hand a random command prompt window just opened and closed itself in a few seconds as i am typing this with the on-screen keyboard. But i tried reinstalling the drivers the way u suggested, still it didnt work. May 6, 1 0 10 0.

May 14, 1 0 10 0. Jun 6, 1 0 10 0. I've been struggling for weeks with a problem with the keyboard on my pc, but only on the internet, i.

The issue was mainly with digits - I would start entering them and after three or four it would start entering the wrong digit. It would then get increasingly difficult to get the correct digit to come up: I'd often have to enter and delete each one times before the correct one would show. As you can imagine, it was a great concern and hindrance with online banking etc. It was dated from around the time problems started. I've uninstalled it and keyboard entry seems to be back to normal.

When I saw "LogMeIn" it rang a bell - I think when I had a different problem a few years ago I uninstalled something from them at that time and the problem went away. Worth a look in your installed programs perhaps? It's worth doing every so often anyway, to check for anything you know nothing about. Jul 22, 1 0 10 0.

I have this problem too Oct 7, 1 0 10 0. Jan 16, 1 0 10 0. It had malfunctioning keys before the attack. Then it crashed the windows wont boot. I dont care about any files. So he did and he wiped out everything on my Laptop. To my surprise and to his dismay, He fixed my laptop keyboard. All functioning well. Not until I plugged in again the WD passport hard drive that has a Security thing and needs admins permission before you can unlock.