T60 Cursor clicking by itself

[rebelstrong]

T60 with Windows 7

Have had this computer for about two years now, and this issue just began a couple days ago.
The cursor randomly begins to spam click without me initiating it or even touching the computer. Spamming left clicks and right clicks in no particular order, rapidly. I still have full control over the movement of the cursor, but it will click on whatever it moves over, closing windows left and right.

When I manage to navigate to my desktop, as I move the cursor around it will create/drag selection boxes but I can't release/unselect them.

I can't find anything in the drivers/hardware managers that look like it'd allow me to disable the touch pad. I've uninstalled the PS/2 Compatible Mouse because it's the only device listed under Mouse unless I had my wireless mouse plugged in.

Restarting yields no help. One of the times I restarted I got a message saying my Windows was not genuine and a page telling me why it should be, but I could just hit continue and be on my way. I've ran Malwarebytes and nothing showed up. Could it possibly be a trojan or a virus?

[Harryc]

Try disabling the touchpad in BIOS. (Hold down F1 on boot)

[rebelstrong]

disabling the touchpad like that does resolve the issue, however when it's re-enabled, the problem resurfaces. I'd like to be able to actually use the touchpad again eventually thought. Any troubleshooting resources for an issue like this?

[Harryc]

Troubleshooting? Yes, you've done it...mostly. Boot up a Linux Live CD (like Linux Mint). It it fails there replace the Palm Rest or Touchpad asm.