Trackpad clicking when I didn't depress it

Ever since updating to 10.7.3 a few days ago on my mid-2011 MBA, my trackpad has been registering clicks even when I do not depress it. It usually happens if I leave my finger in the same place for a few seconds - then it acts like I clicked it, and will highlight text/click links, etc. I DID NOT have this issue with any other versions of Lion. Also, I have triple checked my trackpad settings.
Has anyone noticed this and have you found any solutions? Hoping to avoid taking it to the genius bar, I'm in school and can't really afford not to have a computer right now.

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I bought my macbook pro in august and have had no problems with it until recently. Sometimes my computer will just click for no reason. this is very frustrating! It doesn't matter what i'm doing...surfing the web, or writing a paper. Sometimes it will go on for 5 minutes, or just randomly do it. Is there anything i can do to fix this? It also seems that at times the mouse doesn't want to move.

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http://www.apple.com/feedback/macosx.html/
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I have been getting a great many spurious mouse clicks while swiping over the pad, that cause me to inappropriately select files and buttons, accidentally pick up files and folders and drop them into the folder next to them, yadda yadda.
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Then, while at home, I tried fiddling with the trackpad for the umpteent time (I had tried this before but had not had any luck reproducing the issue). This time however, I notived that if I pressed down vry carefully with increasing pressure, slowly on the lower edge of the trackpad, I could get the mouseclick to register without actually mechanically "clicking" the trackpad. E.g. the switch could be activated without the mechanism mechanically registering a click. I did not notice this was possible the first many times I checked it, because it is actually very hard to do intentionally and requires a *very* steady hand applying gradual increasing pressure.
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