Mac infected with Virus

Hello
When I was watching videos on Youtube yesterday, my mouse suddenly moved itself. I paused the video and just watched the mouse and it suddenly just moved. I did not touch the mouse at all and it was dragging and moving. It annoys me and when I try searching the problem up at Google, whichever word I type just gets deleted . The virus prevents me from typing. I closed even the network connections and it still moves by itself. I downloaded VirusBarrier (Free) and scaned and can't find any problems. Right now, it is okay and everything is under control BUT just just in this week, I have experienced 3 times of my computer going the "grey screen of death". It all started yesterday and I experienced a grey screen yesterday. I experienced the grey screen twice today and I feel like it is the virus doing all these. Thank you!

I have experienced 3 times of my computer going the "grey screen of death"
The gray screen is not caused by a virus or malware so you can rule that out. And insatlling Virus Barrier may even compound the issue.
Uninstall Virus Barrier by following the instructions here > http://oit.ncsu.edu/antivirus/uninstall-intego-virusbarrier/
Then try troubleshooting > Mac OS X: Gray screen appears during startup

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Dear Wyacheslav1
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