Hacker/Bot Ruining My Second Life..

[SierraStyles]

I have had something messing with both my Second Life account  as well as other websites on my PC. Some of his/its tricks include filling the search or comment box with lines of commas as well as speeding up posts so fast they can not  be read. All I want is my computer back to normal. Any ideas?

[Mollymews]

14 minutes ago, SierraStyles said:

I have had something messing with both my Second Life account  as well as other websites on my PC. Some of his/its tricks include filling the search or comment box with lines of commas as well as speeding up posts so fast they can not  be read. All I want is my computer back to normal. Any ideas?

maybe check your mouse

i have a wireless battery-powered mouse. When the battery runs down yet still has some power, my SL viewer starts doing the things mentioned

 

ps add. might be your keyboard as well. Battery running low on power

Edited February 5, 2021 by Mollymews

[bigmoe Whitfield]

You can not be hacked directly through the SL client, there is no LSL calls that would let any one take over,  malwarebytes scan of your system would be a first thing to do, if nothing show then, then start tinkering with like molly says too.

[Profaitchikenz Haiku]

In my experience this has always been due to crumbs or liquids spilled on the keyboard (except for a Dell Latitude laptop where the case was pressing on the touch pad).

 

To try and track it down, try this:

Open a new text document with notepad. Try each letter on the keyboard once. create several lines so that you can also check the cursor keys and page up/down keys.

If you get a sudden burst of repeats (such as in your case a lot of commas where you just pressed the key once) you've going to have to disconnect the keyboard and hold it upside down whilst dancing vigorously around the room. Don't laugh, it worked for me.

Other comments about wireless mice and keyboards are equally valid but not such good exercise.

ETA

I am actually quite serious about inverting a keyboard and giving it a dam good thrashing shaking, only, it if it's a laptop, best not. A vacuum cleaner might get crumbs out. A cheap USB keyboard plugged in to it is also a viable workaround. 

Most of the modern membrane keyboards are more resilient to spilled liquids than they are to crumbs.

Edited February 5, 2021 by Profaitchikenz Haiku

[arabellajones]

You can spend a lot of money on keyboards and mice, and they wear out.

It's always worth having a cheap spare, but don't expect the really cheap hardware to last.