Alt/Option Key gets registered with any key I type. How can I fix

Hello,
Today I encountered an issue. Suddenly my macbook air is typing everything as if the alt/option key was stuck. When I display keyboard viewer I realize that it is not being registered as being pressed. However, as soon as I press any key all the characters switch into their respective symbols as if the alt/option key was active. I notice that if nothing is being pressed, the keyboard viewer displays all characters as regular, but as soon as any key gets pressed, they all switch to symbols and if held down, the image of symbols persist in replacement to the characters. I've tried disabling the alt/option key- no result. I tried restarting the computer-no result. I tried removing both alt/option keys manually and cleaning them- no result. Is this a hardware issue or some bug/malware causing my character registration to be messed with?
Thank you very much for any help

Try another keyboard.  It it works ok, this indicates your internal one is most likely damaged and needs repair/replacement.  Any software problem will affect all keyboards.

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