Why did unwanted astericks start appearing as I was typing?

First, in Garageband Preferences, when I was typing in the name of a playlist, instead of the letters I was typing, astericks appeared every other letter. Then on the web, when I was trying to register on a site and entering my password, address, etc., a string of astericks appeared in the box that prevented me from typing anything. I went back to Garageband and a string of astericks appeared in the Preference window. Restarting didn't help. So I pressed random keys on the keyboard (apple, control, shift, etc.) and the problem went away. But it came back later, so I pressed random keys again, and it went away again. During the problem, I tried typing on Appleworks and there was no problem there. Any idea on what's going on?

No, nothing but English. Just before it happened, I think I hit the wrong key on the keyboard when intending to press Shift, but maybe I'm imagining it. And it wasn't just the every other letter problem -- the worse was when a string of astericks (around 20) mysteriously appeared in the Garageband preference window and on the website I was trying to register on.

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