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173862 2003-09-08 05:47:00 Hey

Can anyone help me because i think I may have a virus on my computer because it just seems to randomly restart its self. Its very annoying when you are in the middle of writing cds. I have Windows XP with Norton Antivirus 2003 & Norton Firewall both are up to date.
Norton Antivirus doesnt seem to pick up on anything either:-(

Can someone please help.

Thanks
technogs (1075)
173863 2003-09-08 05:53:00 Try http://www.housecall.antivirus.com if you're after a free online virus-scan

What speed are you burning your CD's at, and what wattage is your Power-Supply... You could be maxing it out, and so it may be losing power to the HDD, or something similar!
Chilling_Silently (228)
173864 2003-09-08 05:57:00 hey it not maxing out because it does tat when you are just listening to music with nothing else running. technogs (1075)
173865 2003-09-08 06:08:00 My next suggestion would be that you check the cables inside your PC, and make sure they are all in securely and aren't loose :-) Chilling_Silently (228)
173866 2003-09-08 06:17:00 na me checked tat too me sure it a software ting but dont know what. technogs (1075)
173867 2003-09-08 06:28:00 Could be our favourite spyware/scumwares. Do you have Spybot and Adaware programs? Free off the internet if not. Pheonix (280)
173868 2003-09-08 06:34:00 It may be a software conflict/problem. You can stop it restarting on BSOD's by going into control panel-system-advanced-startup and recovery settings, and untick the box that says, automatically restart. At least with the BSOD, it may give a clue to what program is causing the strife. Pheonix (280)
173869 2003-09-08 07:14:00 how do u start in BSOD? technogs (1075)
173870 2003-09-08 07:22:00 BSOD = Blue Screen Of Death, a humorous reference to the blue screen that appears when windows crashes. XP can restart automatically if that happens so you don't get to see what went wrong.

Follow the instructions given in the previous post and turn off the automatic restart. That may help you find more information about the cause.

Cheers

Billy 8-{)
Billy T (70)
173871 2003-09-09 00:38:00 it could not be a virus, I had xp pro on my computer and norton, and it would restart (sometimes at logon screen, sometimes at desktop), I uninstalled norton anti virus (well tried, halfway through uninstalling it restarted!) and that seemed to fix it long enough for me to write important data off to a cd, and then I reinstalled windows. mikeymike76 (4408)
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