Trackpad clicking when not selected.

Hello,
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.

I have exactly the same problem. Anybody know the solution please?

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