Acer C720 has a mind of its own, not working properly

https://youtu.be/Zt8GYXkoSk0 The above link will take you to a video I took of my Chromebook acting bananas. When I go to use Chrome, the computer will act on its own. It will refresh pages, go back in history, go forward, go back a few pages, even goes to a new site. Even when I close the window, it will open a new window and go all nuts again. You will see me here trying to go to extensions to see if something malicious somehow installed itself, but Chrome keeps closing the drop down menu, or backing out of the page. Or it clicks links I am not selecting. I've tried disabling all extensions in case one of them was the culprit, but that was not helping. After the first time or two this happened, I power washed my machine, brought it back to factory settings. This has then happened again after the powerwash. This has been happening for a few days. Sometimes it doesn't happen, and other times it does. When it does, nothing stops it besides shutting down the machine, but that can't be the only solution. Any help would be appreciated.

mancocapac,
Give these steps a try.

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