Mouse virus experience

[Mostafa_8]

Hello ,This post is for educational warning, Sharing my experience.

I had a bad virus in my computer that freezes my screen, after 5 days of trying hard to remove the virus i noticed something weird, when i was trying to install a new windows 7, the installation interface is freezed i can't use my mouse, And when i start my computer same thing happened with Win7 And Win 10, But when i open task manager it unlocks ,Later the anti virus showed where the virus is coming from, It's coming from bitcoin miners so be careful with miners ,Lastly when i tried to change my mouse the virus is gone.

And yes cheap mouses can be infected by viruses.

 

[Gam3r01]

Alot of viruses these days use some sort of mining protocol as their means of getting something out of you.

That being said, many antivirus suits will simply ID any mining software as a virus. So depending on the user, it may or may not be a real virus.

On a side note, I dont know where you bought a mouse from that contained a virus, I doubt that was the issue.

 

[Mostafa_8]

Well, i had those miners for about 3 years i believe no problem and i was mining with 2 antiviruses enabled
And i had that mouse for more than 1 year no problem but, recent i heard about this bitcoin price increase that made alot of people go crazy after bitcoin
The mouse was very cheap, I live in egypt and this kind of things is all over here it's hard to find a genuine expensive one,
Mind if i asked you what should i buy?

 

[Gam3r01]

Most likely your antivirus updated to include your miners as one of their virus definitions due to their sudden popularity as a virus.
I dont know how the markets are there, but if you are sure your system is clean now then I wouldnt worry.

 

[Mostafa_8]

Sounds good, Well i can order a good one from outside the country no problem but need a guide
About my system IDK i'm still worried, And see what will happen hopefully good news fingers crossed

 

[Phillip Corcoran]

There's no way a mouse can contain a virus - - so get that out of your head.

Certain viruses may cause erratic or peculiar behaviour of the mouse pointer on the screen - but that's a software issue, not hardware.

There is no software inside a mouse.

 

[Mostafa_8]

OK your opinion is appreciated but what happened i lost the virus when i thought for a moment that the mouse is infected so trashed it, New one life is good again if you can explain me how a mouse could do this to a computer please teach me