Duplicate letters, spinning in circles

[MyleeSilverwings]

I have a new Dell XPS M1730 laptop.  I ran EQ2 on it perfectly, flawlessly, for 2 solid weeks.  Suddenly, last week, with no warning, I would be typing in chat channel and I would get duppppppppppppliccccccaaaatttteeee letters like that.  I would press the forward (up arrow) key and start spinning in circles.  This has gone on now for a week, and it is driving me nuts!  I did a search of the forums and some TSR said to disable Google desktop.  I don't have that on my computer.  Somebody else said it has to do with dual core technology but I have that kind of processor on my XPS desktop and don't have that problem.I have run thorough file scans.  I have not installed any other software on the laptop, other than EQ2.  It ran fine, now it is is not.Please, can anybody help solve this?

[TSR-TrevorG]

You may want to run a program you can find with a google search called "hijackthis" and see if any odd programs are starting up when Windows boots.

[Aurumn]

<p>The last time I saw the spinning and repeated letters pop up was when my antivirus updated. It apparently affected quite a few MMO's and they patched it. You may want to check the support forums for your AV program to see if there are any known issued. Mine was Avast!.</p>

[TSR-TrevorG]

<cite>Mezzmyrelda@Unrest wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>The last time I saw the spinning and repeated letters pop up was when my antivirus updated. It apparently affected quite a few MMO's and they patched it. You may want to check the support forums for your AV program to see if there are any known issued. Mine was Avast!.</p></blockquote>I agree with this as well.On a side note I think it is rather funny that an AV is named after a well known Pirate saying....

[TSR-DanielH]

That happened to me once when I spilled a drink on my keyboard.  I think you would have noticed that though... I sure did.But ya, antivirus seems like the likely culprit here.