Erratic Mouse Activity

I've had a MacPro and Logitech mouse running in seamless harmony for about a year. Suddenly today in my programs I can not select specific items without the items shaking violently and not allowing me to select it. In addition, some times it will scroll down to the bottom of the screen and not let me scroll up. In InDesign it scrolls violently horizontally.
I've tried the scroll down while holding control with no success. I've tried resetting PRAM, running disk utility, repair permissions, etc... Nothing is working.
If I hold the control key down it will hold still but I can't actually select the file or setting.
Going crazy! Any help would be appreciated.

Just to throw it out there, since it's common but are you running 3rd party monitor with 4870 video card?
Was this happening in 10.5.7? Perhaps 5.8 is to blame. If you have a clone backup, that would be a good place to start troubleshooting.

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