HT1115 Separate mouse button on 2009 macbook air is clicking on left hand side and seems to sit slightly higher than right?

Hi, i have a 2009 Macbook air, it has developed the problem above. Although it is the 2009 model it remained sealed and boxed until february last year,it has not had that much use so i am surprised that it had developed a problem after less than 1 years use.

James,
Sorry I am so lengthy. The problem is that with the technical support guy on line, when the Mouse button 4 event occurred I described to the tech that I was pushing and pulling the mouse from the back end to avoid touching the buttons on the side and every time I rolled the mouse a few inches forward the dashboard assigned to mouse button 4 appeared and next when I rolled it back the dashboard disappeared, I rolled it forward and it reappeared and so on. Then the tech wanted me to click on the apple and go into system preferences and as my cursor touched the file menu to get to the preferences that menu dropped without me left clicking the mouse. As I passed over edit and view they just dropped down.
What do you make of that? I am presently running OSX leopard without my printer and scanner installed. If I see no problem in two days, I will plug in the printer and install it. Then after that the scanner and see if the problem happens. I will follow your suggestions about relearning the mouse though.
Stephen
Stephen

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