Mac OS X Mountain Lion Login fills automatically with "+" signs !?

Hello everyone,
since a few days i noticed that after im selecting my user account or the "other" account, + signs fill automatically the password box ! In my account i see the typical circles instead of the + . It seems that its adding thousands of characters until im trying to enter my password, then it stops.
Did someone notice a similar behaviour on your Macs.
PS:its not the keyboard stuck or anything, i only get this on first login, after signing off and selecting my account to sign in a second time everything behaves normal...very strange !

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