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my computer just keeps shutting itself down for no reason when i on the internet .has this happened to anybody else recently:confused:

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its a virus

To stop it shutting down keep an MSDOS box open and run

shutdown -a

when it prompts you its about to shut down.

It suggests your firewall isn't on. I can't recall teh name of teh virus, its quite an old one......

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****** never had these problems when i had norton.my subscrition ran out might get a new one.. ive run that new avg and it hasnt detected anything

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spyware dr's pretty good for picking virus'

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cheers for that:)

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When you say shutting down, you mean rebooting?

Could be a heat problem.

AVG Should cover virus'

Could alway download Spybot S&D to.

http://www.safer-networking.org/index2.html

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heats fine ive checked that but thats what was wrong with my last project:D

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Mine did that a few times and pcpal found and deleted a virus (trojan), then started again later, checked the heat and it was too warm, tried to blow the fan clear, didnt work, we use air dusters at work (can of air), blew that threw it and has been fine since, except, I did it while it was still warm and think that may be what buggered my speakers up.

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It's the dreaded weegie banana virus.:D:D

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if its the old virus thing i think it is goto..

control pannel
administrative tools
double click services

scroll down and look for messenger

double click messenger and alter its start up type to disabled

to be honest if you have service pack 1 installed it should be already set to disabled but thats how the old shutdown virus used to get in

is it a box that says system will shut down in 30 seconds and then your pc reboots?

this site is pretty good at removing most problems

http://housecall.trendmicro.com/uk/

jsut click the free check and follow the instructions

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ive got service pack 3 that i got off windows update .

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ive just uninstalled avg and its running fine ive shoved norton back on.....