Cursor randomly jumps backwards when typing sentence

How can I find solution to the cursor randomly jumping backwards when typing a sentence... I end up with my name is Chris and I haven typing a sentence this trouble whe
== This happened ==
A few times a week

Is this happening on specific sites or totally at random?
Also you might want to check your keyboard - may sound a bit silly, but I tried that myself on a friends laptop and we found a tiny bit of metal under the left arrow key.

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Check your settings in System Preferences > Trackpad
Try a different Tracking speed.
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When I am tying in Word or an email (Gmail) my cursor will ocassionally and unexpectedly jump to a line of text a few lines above where I am typing or in some cases a previous text box (in the case of Gmail).
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Boot the computer in Windows Safe Mode with network support (press F8 on the boot screen) as a test.
*http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/how-to-start-windows-in-safe-mode/
Do a malware check with several malware scanning programs on the Windows computer.
Please scan with all programs because each program detects different malware.
All these programs have free versions.
Make sure that you update each program to get the latest version of their databases before doing a scan.
*Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware: http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php
*AdwCleaner: http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/adwcleaner/ http://www.softpedia.com/get/Antivirus/Removal-Tools/AdwCleaner.shtml
*SuperAntispyware: http://www.superantispyware.com/
*Microsoft Safety Scanner: http://www.microsoft.com/security/scanner/en-us/default.aspx
*Windows Defender: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/using-defender
*Spybot Search & Destroy: http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html
*Kasperky Free Security Scan: http://www.kaspersky.com/security-scan
You can also do a check for a rootkit infection with TDSSKiller.
*Anti-rootkit utility TDSSKiller: http://support.kaspersky.com/5350?el=88446
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*"Spyware on Windows": http://kb.mozillazine.org/Popups_not_blocked
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Hi trentfromsa,
Welcome to the Apple Support Communities!
I understand that the cursor in Mail is not behaving as you would expect. To troubleshoot, I would first suggest forcing the Mail application to quit and test the cursor after opening Mail fresh.
OS X: How to quit an unresponsive application using Force Quit - Apple Support
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for no reason curser will just jump somewhere else can not type a complete thought
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As I type, in any application, the cursor jumps up and inserts itself into a line several lines above. It happens in Mail, Gmail, Pages, Notes, Text/Edit, Microsoft Word, and as I type this document. The problem has existed from when I first got the MacBook a month ago, and continues despite numerous suggested fixes by Apple Care. In addition to the trackpad I use a wireless optical mouse with the nano receiver plugged into computer’s USB port. Earlier I had the mouse in a USB hub; I stopped using the hub. No phones or electronic devices are close to the computer.
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