Random program and keyboard problems with Leopard OS X 10.5 ,,A Virus?

I have been using Leopard for about a year now with no problems. I normally only restart my mac once a week as it is so stable compared to my pc's. In the last week I have been having random problems with a program on one screen closing as I close another one. All files in photoshop closing at the same time when I only click one to close. And the keyboard seems to type random symbols instead of letters this continues until I restart then can return after a day or so though today the keyboard started its random symbols only 4-5 hrs after restarting. Has anyone any ideas as to what is going on and how to fix it. Seems like a virus to me.. and there are not a lot of programs you can use to check for problems on the mac as virus's and things are so rare.

Sorry for the delay in continuing this topic. I was snowed under with work pre Christmas and had to leave the problem until now. However I have got to the bottom of the cause but am still struggling to resolve it. I tracked the problem to the Wacom driver I use for my Intuos 3 tablet. When I checked the about button for the version number I got a little animation instead with a few lines saying it was the wacom engineer monster who liked to cause mischief. and the line "Enjoy using your Wacom Tablet!!
I deleted the driver and reloaded the latest one from the wacom website, checked the version button and no animation. So I thought I had solved it. But when tonight the keyboard started to type wrong characters again I checked and there it was again. I think this means this piece of malware is hiding on the mac somewhere but where should I look?

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