Magic mouse causes jumping pages in browser?

Whilst I am browsing, from time to time, the page jumps either backward or forward wile I am holding the magic mouse. It seems to be when I have a thumb and finger on the outside metal edges of the mouse. It really is frustrating when I am trying to read something and my concentration gets broken by this action.
Is anyone having a similar occurrence or does someone know how to do a fix for this?

Uncheck The option in System Preferences > Mouse > More Gestures tab > Swipe between pages with one finger.
This will prevent the back or forward actions.
Regards,
Captfred

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