Magic Mouse Hyper Active

I have the opposite problem from most of the questions asked. My Magic Mouse is too active. If I touch it on a page, the slightest movement will send it flying up, down or across the page in Safari, Mail, Excel for Mac etc. I have unclicked all options for "Mouse" and put scrolling to the slowest In System Preferences. Nothing helps. Is there anything I can do? Thanks.

We need far more information.
Has it previously scrolled horizontally? Is the fault restricted to certain browsers or program facilities? What machine are you using it on? Has this problem appeared following an OS upgrade.

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This has been a problem for a while now but am finally getting around to do something about it. I've increasingly noticed that when scrolling in Safari 5.0.5 it becomes stuttery/jittery using the magic mouse.
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