Mouse acting slow. delayed action

my mouse just recently started acting up. also my tablet. when working in photoshop or anything, all of a sudden the cursor starts lagging behind, acting in retrospect, rather than realtime. I disabled virus software and backup software and disconnected my internet, but it's still doing it. Only program I'm using is photoshop. Hard drive has 50GB free space. I have 8GB of ram. I recently thought I activated a virus by mistake by opening a sketchy file I got via e-mail, but I ran virus barrier with the latest updates and it can't find any viruses anywhere. I can't figure this one out and it's driving me crazy.

Hello,
There are no known Mac viruses, so you can eliminate that.
Have you checked your System Preferences/Keyboard&Mouse/Mouse to see if your scroll and double click is set to your liking?
Keeping your mouse clean from dirt and fingerprints can really make a difference. How to Clean a Mighty Mouse
If this is a wireless mouse, change the batteries, and try re-pairing using: System Preferences/Bluetooth.
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