CS4 bug - Selection tool yields random boxes

Anyone else experiencing this bug in CS4 - when starting a new selection (Marquee Tool), random sized boxes will appear BEFORE dragging and releasing the mouse button to define a selection. The boxes will often extend from the first mouse click to an image edge, but it's unpredictable. I need to release the mouse button, deselect (left click), and then start over again. Once this behavior begins, it can recur repeatedly, making marquee selections VERY frustrating. I have to shut down Photoshop and restart, but eventually the bug will return (typically after 10-20 minutes of use).
This same "random selection" can occur with other tools, such as Zoom (a single mouse click will zoom to a random magnification, just as if I made a selection).
My video driver is current (Nvidia 8600GT, OpenGL compatible), and I've swapped the mouse (and associated driver) with no improvement. I'm running Vista (32-bit) on a fairly new PC (9 months old) with 4GB RAM and fast (RAID0) drives. Photoshop CS3 (from which I upgraded to CS4 but left installed) doesn't exhibit this bug. (BTW, I'm an experienced Photoshop user, going all the way back to PS 3.0)

This bug has been driving me nuts for the past year. Clicking on the canvas with the selection/move tool will cause the active layer to randomly move somewhere else. When transforming an object or moving it, the current layer will jump sometimes a small amount but sometimes a couple thousand pixels off the canvas. It seems to happen more often after the computer wakes from sleep. I've seen this on two different laptops and a desktop. Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7. Logitech and microsoft mice. Wired and wireless mice. Nvidia and ATI video cards. HP and Dell computers.
It doesn't seem to be an issue with any particular hardware-- just bad coding on Adobe's part. The only way to fix the issue is to close down photoshop and restart-- this is killing my workflow. Please fix this Adobe!

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