Problem with trackpad - clicking by touch

Since upgraded to ML, trackpad clicks by touch every time I rest my fingers on it for more than 2 or 3 seconds. With Lion, I need to PRESS and physical click the trackpad. This is very very irritating since I need to move the fingers away from the trackpad all the time.
Is this a normal behavior? Can I disable it?

That's the point. Tap to click is disable. The difference is if I tap nothing happens, but If I leave the fingers touching the trackpad for more than 3 seconds aprox the click action is executed.

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http://sites.uci.edu/lifepo4battery/2011/05/19/swollen-lithium-batteries-swell-c osts/
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I've had my MacBook Pro a little less than a year without any problems. While I was using the computer today, I can no longer physically click using my trackpad. All the other trackpad functions work. I can use the dragging option, but for resizing windows and other things, I would prefer to use the physical click. I've had no indication prior to this that there was a problem with the trackpad, and I have already tried restarting the computer a few times. Has anyone else had this problem or know of any solutions?
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Hi, Guys!!
And you have some right cosmic_hippo , Why?
Well think that the real problem it's something between Firefox and Flash content...
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problems with trackpad

Another possibility is that your trackpad is behaving erratically because of battery expansion. If you have one of the MacBooks with an easily removeable battery you can test for this by shutting down, removing the battery, connecting to your AC power adapter and starting up the MacBook. Test the trackpad.
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Hello.
i�m having problems with the mouse clicks in a component...
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OS X Mavericks: Change the way your trackpad works
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