Re: Computer retarts automatically
From: Willie (willieinkazoo_at_youhuu.com)
Date: 07/01/04
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Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2004 12:51:25 -0400
Very probable it is the cause; Try these;
Check for Spyware;
Lavasoft Ad-Aware - www.lavasoftusa.com
SpyBot S&D - http://www.safer-networking.org/
CWShredder : http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/CWShredder.exe
Online Spyware scan: http://aumha.org/a/noads.php
Stinger- http://vil.nai.com/vil/averttools.asp
Hijackthis: http://tomcoyote.com/hjt/
Also: http://www.net-integration.net/tools/hijackthis.html
Willie
"Ken" <harrymudd99@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Recently, the computer has been restarting
> automatically. This typically happens when I first log
> onto one of the accounts, or when I first start up
> Internet Explorer and try to go to a new address. It does
> not happen all the time. I suspect it is due to a virus,
> and I have scanned with the latest version of Norton anti-
> virus. Results are described below.
>
> NAV identified and quarantined 2 files after finding they
> were infected with: trojan.killAV and WIN32.doom.mm.
> NAV was unable to repair the files. From what I have
> read about these two viruses, they do not cause the
> problem I am experiencing. I downloaded the s/w remove
> the win32.doom.mm worm.
>
> I also know that software has been loaded onto my system
> that hijacks my home page. I have read about how to fix
> it by editing the registry, but I have not done it yet.
> could this be causing the restart problem?
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