MacbookPro has mind of its own

The woman has a MacbookPro 2011.  It uses mainly for browsing (Facebook).  At has mentioned me a number of times while surfing, different pages seem to jut pop up or it opens a link when she does not choose this link.  I though it was imagine that, and then I used it on vacation to move some photos on his Facebook page and I found the same thing happens to me.  As I flew over the trackpad, it is as if the felt Macbook that I planned to choose a link and that link would be open, even if I hit anything.  This AM, my wife was in the middle of reading post from a friend, and as she was scrolling until the finish, another open page.  Any ideas what would do something as it happens or what I need to do (other than buying a new macbook) to help solve the problem?

Could be a problem in trackpad. And given the age of this MBP, this can be caused by a swollen battery. What status (cycle count/condition) watch battery? Determination of battery cycle count for portable Mac - Apple Support

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