Left shift types "W"

My left shift key types in "W", i started having this problem out of nowhere. at first some keys such as h would not work, and others such as y would type in y and u together. I restarted my computer and it seemed to have fixed it, also changed the usb port (its not a wireless keyboard). so now some keys dont work with either shift being held and other problems.
is it my keyboard? or some settings? i've already reset the keyboard settings to default
(sorry for lack of grammar, if i use the left shift i get this.. WWWWWWWWW)

@Soto - Tried that, unfortunately it didn't work. Yeah WWWWWW, at least I can type in URLs a bit faster xP
@Mooblie - Dont recall anything has spilled on it, of course the keyboard is maybe 2-3 years old so over the time bits of water, etc may have fallen on it, but this is the first time it does it suddenly. I've been on the computer for a few hours and it started happening.
I guess its time for a new keyboard, gah. Off to a computer store I go
(P.S. Using an old PC keyboard is weird, I can't do this!)

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