Stop the excessive right-click noise from wired mouse

I have a wired mouse that came with my iMac (Intel) and starting today it has this annoying excessive clicking when my right-click finger is resting on the second button. It's really driving me crazy.
I have tried pounding the mouse on the desk, unplugging it, upside down shaking, and a lot of cursing. This is driving me crazy.

If you have an Apple "Mighty Mouse", that's a very common problem. The slightest amount of electrical static they are exposed to will make them go crazy... even electrical static that builds up in the human body. Either the computer is not grounded properly or you have an electrical device close to the mouse (within a few feet) causing interference. Make sure your iMac's power cord is well connected to both the computer and AC. Also check around the mouse for any peripherals that use a "wall wart" power supply. If you've added a new peripheral to your system around the time your mouse started acting strange, that's probably the culprit.

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