Mouse starts to fail clicks, expecting the worst...

[Juim1j]

So my mouse, which is a Staples Optical Gaming Mouse 25689, has been working well until it's started to fail clicks this week.

I asked my brother who plays Total War and CSGO which both are games that envolve lot's of clicks and he said that he hadn't noted anything.

 

This is very weird. If I unplug and plug back in the mouse on the same USB port on my PC it works fine for like 15 mins but then starts to fail clicks. It works perfectly on my brothers user but is failing in mine's.

 

Unfortunatly I've been digging around and it could be a sign of malware and as a poor PC gamer sometimes I have to resort to the more shady part of the web... and I suspect it may be a case of virus. Windows Defender hasn't told me anything and I haven't got a third party Anti-Virus.

 

What do I do now? Is it really malware or is it just some config messup? All your help is welcome. Yours Juim1j.

 

Edit: I only download from Skidrow Reloaded which has been flagged as a good website for pirated content and no malware but you know you can never be sure.

http://skidrowreloaded.com

 

[Crunchy Dragon]

Try getting a 3rd party antivirus, MalwareBytes or AVG are good ones. Run a scan for malware and see if anything comes up. Also check Task Manager and see if anything's eating up usage for anything or if there are any new processes running that don't relate to anything.

[King_of_Oz]

Agree with @Crunchy Dragon, could also just be because it’s dying. How old is it? If it’s new, it could have been a dud.

[Juim1j]

@King_of_Oz The mouse is about 2 months old.

[King_of_Oz]

15 hours ago, Juim1j said:

@King_of_Oz The mouse is about 2 months old.

Hmm. Might be a dud then.