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rozk ([personal profile] rozk) wrote2007-08-20 11:16 pm
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HEEYYYULLPP!!!

Can anyone think of a reason why Windows XP should repeatedly and suddenly shut itself down at random? It has been doing it to me all evening, sometimes almost as soon as I boot up, and sometimes after I have been online for a while, looking at my e-mail and Friends Lists. It does it particularly if I run Spybot Search and Destroy and does it just as Spybot is about to fix problems. It did this even when I ran Spybot while Windows was in Safe Mode.

I need to stress that this is a full Windows shutdown with saved settings, not just my machine closing down.

I tried updating Windows, but that didn't help.
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[identity profile] ffutures.livejournal.com 2007-08-20 11:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Damn, I was hoping that running anti-spywere stuff in safe mode might fix it.

[identity profile] rozk.livejournal.com 2007-08-20 11:24 pm (UTC)(link)
I've updated and run Norton and nothing shows up

[identity profile] spacecrab.livejournal.com 2007-08-21 02:35 am (UTC)(link)
Norton is not antispyware. It may not catch the thing that's shutting down your computer! Webroot (the company I mentioned above -- www.webroot.com) offers a free online scan for spyware. If it detects something, you may want to spend the $30 and buy their product.

Also, you can get a free online scan with virus removal from Trend Housecall at: http://uk.trendmicro-europe.com/consumer/housecall/housecall_launch.php
It's more likely than Norton to detect spyware.
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