the_gooch Posted April 27, 2005 Share Posted April 27, 2005 I need some help, my pc (running windows xp) randomly keeps rebooting for no reason. I’m not running any programs other than firefox. Any ideas? Thanks in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poop Man Bob Posted April 27, 2005 Share Posted April 27, 2005 That'd be a virus. Run a virus check, assuming you have anti-virus software. If you need some "free" software, try below. List prepared for me by Glik. Originally posted by Glik0@Apr 1 2005, 09:15 PM AVG Free: http://www.grisoft.com/doc/40/lng/ww Norton 2005 Internet Security: Download: ttp://especial.0zones.com:888/down/Symantec.Norton.Internet.Security.2005.rar Crack: http://www.hot.ee/salusoft10/n2k5kgpack.rar Live Update for 100 years: http://www.nassc.com/Norton.Liveupdate.for.100.Years.zip Symantec Antivirus: Download: http://www.ude.ru/files/Symantec.Antivirus...rom.Dayz.ru.zip Crack: http://www.hot.ee/salusoft10/n2k5kgpack.rar Kaspersky Anti-Virus: Download: http://downloads1.kaspersky-labs.com/produ..._personalen.exe Crack: http://www.members.optusnet.com.au/loukaniko/kavkeys.zip Principal Antivirus v1.05: Download: http://www.resplendence.com/ftp/pavtrial.exe Crack: http://www.icqnet.ru/stream/best-appz.com/...st-appz.com.zip That should be enough choices.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_gooch Posted April 27, 2005 Author Share Posted April 27, 2005 yeah i did, that was my obvious first choice. i have kaspersky, nothing is coming up. that's why it is odd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GREENOJOS Posted April 27, 2005 Share Posted April 27, 2005 you're fucked dude. i had to deal with that crap awhile back, i eventually gave up, backed up most of the important files on my computer i wanted so salvage and then erased the o/s and started all over. fucking weirdo viruses from out of nowhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Quickwood Posted April 27, 2005 Share Posted April 27, 2005 does it give you a message before it restarts, or instantly restart like when you unplug it and plug it back in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatalist Posted April 27, 2005 Share Posted April 27, 2005 Originally posted by GREENOJOS@Apr 27 2005, 03:36 AM you're fucked dude. i had to deal with that crap awhile back, i eventually gave up, backed up most of the important files on my computer i wanted so salvage and then erased the o/s and started all over. fucking weirdo viruses from out of nowhere. Quoted post yep, samething happen here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 27, 2005 Share Posted April 27, 2005 'dude...... you'se fucked and I didn't even graduate.' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty_habiT Posted April 27, 2005 Share Posted April 27, 2005 some virus's are made to break your AV softs.... so it's almost a good idea to have more than one running at once.... BUT, alot of them won't run on the same machine, they cause conflicts and serious resource hogging. A good thing to do is maybe uninstall your virus software and install a different brand, or you can try an online scan... http://www.symantec.com/cgi-bin/securitycheck.cgi if you can rid yourself of known viruses, also scan your system for adware, because alot of times if you can get adware, you're also vulnerable to some online viruses that will infect you simply from the viewing of an http page.... another thing, IE is inherently attacked and vulnerable to viruses. Virus writers target this browser specifically alot of times, so using it is a bad idea, and I always recommend against it to anyone that I talk with about computers. Another thing, update your system with windows update, this is the only thing that I use IE for, seeing as how you can't do it with fire fox. The more up to date you OS and virus software is the safer you are. Lastly, the best thing you can have if you have a broadband connection... a router, properly configured. This will allow you to block outgoing ports, so even if you have a virus/trojan on your computer that's gonna try to send packets on weird ports containing your personal info, it will block it at the router.... also the router will block incoming packets and malformed packets used to infect or crash you system. I hope this helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GREENOJOS Posted April 27, 2005 Share Posted April 27, 2005 could you elaborate on how some of those settings should be applied when using the router? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty_habiT Posted April 27, 2005 Share Posted April 27, 2005 It's too much to go into here, but it's really easy to look up on the internet.... if you purchased a router that has a web based configuration screen (ie. most of them).... they are pretty helpful with the comments on each field you need to fill out... as far as blocking ports goes, it's a good general rule to block every port except 80 (http).... and then as you add programs like emule, IRC, FTP, and games like halflife (27015).... you unblock those ports at the router, so only the ports YOU use will be available.... if you leave yourself wide open, for example by plugging your network card directly into your cable modem/dsl... you're asking for trouble. You want to have a router and/or a firewall inbetween you and the WAN. Alot of good routers also act as firewalls.... and they aren't too expensive either. YOu can spend about $100 and get a more than adequate 8 port router at your local frye's or comp usa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GnomeToys Posted April 27, 2005 Share Posted April 27, 2005 Guys, I wouldn't assume that random reboots are absolutely a virus. It could be caused by failing RAM or CPU, bad hardware drivers, and various other things that have nothing to do with the viruses. What are the specs of your PC other than Windows XP ? Are you using a soundblaster Live or an nVidia video card? Both of those companies occasionally come out with driver versions crappy enough to cause random reboots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsuifuku Posted April 27, 2005 Share Posted April 27, 2005 yeah, i've had this problem before, fixed with new motherboard drivers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Quickwood Posted April 27, 2005 Share Posted April 27, 2005 yeah my computer does that occaisonally, it suddenly restarts for a few hours because of a problem with the drivers for my video hardware, the weird thing is, i've had the same drivers and hardware since i got my computer in 2002, but the problem started happening last summer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drsev Posted April 27, 2005 Share Posted April 27, 2005 Check the eventlogs on your PC.. Start > Run > Type: eventvwr Press enter. This will load a list of all the errors your system has encountered recently. see if their's any errors in there that were produced around the time your computer rebooted.. This will give you an idea as to what the problem is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest imported_b0b Posted April 27, 2005 Share Posted April 27, 2005 I'm not sure where this is in XP, but in Win2000 go to Start -> Control Panel-> System->Advanced->Start up & Recovery then make sure that Automatic Rebbot is UNTICKED. When the pc crashes you'll get a blue screen telling what caused the crash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_gooch Posted April 27, 2005 Author Share Posted April 27, 2005 thanks people, yeah i need to check the rest of the specs on everything. when it reboots it just happens, no warning, no blue screen, nothing. also, on occasion my comp has been totally freezing up on me, forcing me to manually reboot it. i am also running ad aware and spy sweeper. by the way does anyone have the latest version of ad aware? i am going to look into this more later on today, i have to shoot up to school and register. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fondles Posted April 27, 2005 Share Posted April 27, 2005 i got the newest corporate version of adaware, if noone hooks you up by the time i get done working, i'll pm you a link to dl it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_gooch Posted May 7, 2005 Author Share Posted May 7, 2005 anyone have a link to that nortons again cause the one above didn't work. btw, thanks seldoon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarzAbove Posted May 8, 2005 Share Posted May 8, 2005 Norton lmfaoooooooo! DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME SERIOUSLY!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_gooch Posted May 8, 2005 Author Share Posted May 8, 2005 im using kaspersky, i only wanted the nortons so i can make sure i totally removed my older version of nortons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty_habiT Posted May 8, 2005 Share Posted May 8, 2005 Your computer could be getting too hot too. You might check the heatsink on the CPU, if it's full of dust = no bueno. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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