Computer typing by itself

[graham650]

Hello everyone! Today I have a big problem.

Today I woke my PC from sleep, and was very confused after about 10 minutes of use. My computer was typing the letters W, A, S, and D mostly, but also a lot of F, shift, tab, and caps lock. At one point it even typed "niggge" which was pretty hilarious in all honesty.

I restarted my computer. I logged back in, and the problem seemed to somehow get worse. The keyboard kept typing a bunch of letters, so I opened a notepad to capture everything it was typing, and was amused but also concerned.

Anyways, I ran windows defender and deleted what it perceived to be a virus of some sort, and unplugged my keyboard (K95 RGB). I was surprised to see that even with the keyboard unplugged it was STILL typing. At this point I knew that it wasn't a problem with my keyboard, and some sort of weird issue with my computer.

Eventually it stopped typing in the notepad, and the ghost typing has been inactive for around 10 minutes now.

I am pretty smart with computers, I code, and I have built PC's (like this one with the issue) but I am stumped with this issue. I've had this computer for almost 3 years and never had a virus or other problem before.

Any ideas or help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

 

[basroil]

If the typing happens when you are not connected to the internet, it's probably a wireless keyboard accidentally being captured.

If it only happens when you are connected to the internet, looks like you have someone hacking you and then forgetting about it, going on to play some FPS game.