Problem with typing

Hi..
I'm a fairly new user to macs...i have an ibook G4 and recently when i'm typing emails or in a word document, the little carrot/tab will keep randomly shifting around/back so my typing just looks all over the place...is this a virus?
Hope someone can help.
Melissa

It;s not a virus, just a poorly designed trackpad. Many folks have this problem with the iBook. About the best you can do is to keep your hands a good distance away from the trackpad while typing

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