virus that makes your keyboard work backwards

Keyboard has been set to DVORAK? Check the accessibility option in the
control panel.

 

Another possibility is the language may have been changed to a
left-to-right one eg Arabic?

--
______ ___ __
/_ __/_ __/ _ )_______ ___ _/ /_____ ____
/ / / // / _ / __/ -_) _ `/ '_/ -_) __/
/_/ \_, /____/_/ \__/\_,_/_/\_\\__/_/
/___/

There are 10 types of people in this world; those who understand the
binary numbering system and those who don't.

 

Saw an odd one tonight.

Missus went to type in something on her Dell Inspiron 1100 laptop. When
she typed in a url, eg: www.village.com.au, as she typed it, it ran left
to wright, starting with the first "w" to show up as thus:

ua.moc.egalliv.www

Is it a virus? I'm currently doing a scan but AVG Free hasn't shown
anything up, yet.

 

I was going to ask if his wife had started wearing a headscarf ...

 

That wouldnt produce that result even if it had.

 

Everything looks OK. It happens on occasion. If it was this, why would
it do it by itself and then suddenly change back. She's not here at the
moment so I can't ask her what she does to fix it - whether she reboots,
exits the application and starts it again, or whatever.

I was thinking that maybe because of the overheating problem that the
laptop was suffering (that was fixed yesterday by cleaning the gunk out
of the cooling fan and air flow path), that maybe the CPU was acting
weird.

Whatever, it sounds like none of you guys have seen this before. Pity, I
was hoping that if it was a virus that there'd be a quick and easy fix.

 

Mebbe the first case of computer dyslexia, which may lie under the keyboard
or above it ;-)

 

Could it possible be prank software, such as those on this site?
http://www.rjlsoftware.com/software/entertainment/

There does not seem to be a reverse typing one here, but thats not to
say it doesn't exist.

 

Try a different keyboard. They are very cheap

 

Cant see how a keyboard could produce that result.

 

Try a different keyboard. They are not vey cheap

Seriously, what happens if you use a USB or PS2 K/B ?

They are very cheap

 

If it is, it's random in action. And in any case, no-one has installed
any apps on the laptop other than what the missus has put on it.
Spyware, Adaware and virus checking's all been done. Nothing came up to
suggest that it was the cause.

Just wondering if the keyboard driver is on the fritz, or the keyboard
itself, even though all the keys work. And as I said, it's a random
thing that goes away when the laptop's restarted.

 

It's a laptop - Dell Inspiron 1100...

 

just wondering, does it do it for all programs or only one specific
program?

Dee

 

Have you made any inquiries at Dell to see what they have to say???

 

Yep, and no answer is forthcoming. But then, it has only been a week....

 

This would be typical of most big companies.

Just to name some that I have made enquiries with little (Indian Call
Centre) to nil response. These relate to genuine produce problems.

Sunbeam - Appliances. (my action - returned the product)
Hewlett Packard - printers (my action - returned the product)
Dell - PC's (don't recommend there PC's, which in general are outdated,
propriety rip off's especially the $99 freight)
ATi (chip set) Video cards (my action - returned the product)
ausmedia.com.au (printer place)


Excellent response

IBM
Epson

Both these phoned back and replied to my email.

 

Did you try a direct question or did you go to their forum - message
boards?

I have always found a lot of quick help in the forums. This one deals
with insipron keyboard/pointing devices:-

http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/board?board.id=insp_input