Synaptics touchpad problems- driving me crazy

[maxpower1119]

On my laptop I have a synaptics touchpad and in Linux (fedore core 4) it is driving me nuts. If I am pushing too hard while dragging the mouse around the screen, my browser will go forward or back pages depending on which way I move my finger. It seems like it owuld be an ok feature but it is very annoying for me. Any way to make it less sensitive or disable it. Also, I am unable to highlight text like in this textbox i am in right now. It just makes my browser fly forward or back through web pages. Thanks.
I guess the feature is called virtual scroll. I dont mind the up and down but the forward and back is killing me.