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Solved: Keyboard suddenly uses shortcuts I didn't type in!

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I don't know what has happened to my computer, but suddenly it has a ''mind of its own'' and pretends that I have typed in a shortcut when I haven't.

These are:
When I type 1 on the keyboard, not numeric pad it refreshes the page in firefox and makes it hard to type emails, typing 1 in Word 2007 causes it to open a Go to search window when all I wanted was to actually type one.
The biggest problem is when I type z, just the letter, no other keys, it acts as if it was Z and CTRL pressed, but I haven’t pressed CTRL at all. Things are deleted randomly after typing suddenly, it often goes back as much as the last paragraph, too.

What I’ve done to attempt to fix it:
Disabled sticky keys and filter keys in Windows 7
Run various antivirus software, like Avast, Malwarebytes, Superantispyware and these don’t come up with anything or just show a list of harmless cookies.
I have manually cleaned the keyboard so there are no stuck keys. The keyboard is not USB, it is the PS/2 port(round port) type.
I don’t have any restore points past 7th Feb 2014 and already tried to restore to 7th feb, same , the problem remains.
Keyboard testing software, both freeware and non-free show that when I press Z, the keyboard acts like it CTRL+Z pressed, when I press 1, test shows F5 has been pressed when I haven’t.
Please help me! I can buy a new keyboard if it is just a hardware issue but I feel it is not.

Tech Support Guy System Info Utility version 1.0.0.2
OS Version: Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate, Service Pack 1, 64 bit
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) CPU G2120 @ 3.10GHz, Intel64 Family 6 Model 58 Stepping 9
Processor Count: 2
RAM: 3801 Mb
Graphics Card: Intel(R) HD Graphics, 1900 Mb
Hard Drives: C: Total - 66911 MB, Free - 12998 MB; D: Total - 409924 MB, Free - 386059 MB;
Motherboard: ASRock, H61M-DGS
Antivirus: avast! Antivirus, Updated and Enabled

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