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SuperLuigi64 Snifit Since: 07-22-06 From: TN My PC Specs Last post: 6524 days Last view: 6524 days |
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My brothers computer (an older AMD, not custom built) has been acting wierd as of late. He would boot it up, and go to IE while playing music, and the monitor, the keyboard, the mouse, etc., would just shut down, but the hard drive and computer would keep on running.
I think I've narrowed it down to power supply, but it hasn't done it in a few days. Could it be a virus? |
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FreeDOS + Giant Red Koopa Legion: freedos = fritos Since: 11-17-05 From: Seattle Last post: 6430 days Last view: 6430 days |
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More details? Operating system, have any virus-checks or adware/spyware-checks been run? Maybe the specs of the computer itself and weather any BIOS checks report errors? Maybe you could also test the RAM with memtest86? | |||
Koitenshin +∞ Moblin Since: 12-24-05 From: Misery Last post: 6433 days Last view: 6433 days |
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It really sounds like you have a very nice version of subseven in your computer. We used to play with that in my computer class shutting down each other's computers or flipping the monitor upside down. | |||
SuperLuigi64 Snifit Since: 07-22-06 From: TN My PC Specs Last post: 6524 days Last view: 6524 days |
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Originally posted by FreeDOS + OS: XP Home RAM: 256MB HD: 20GB (don't know brand) Processor: AMD Duron 950Mhz According to Windows Defender (steamy heap of crap), there is no spyware/adware. I will try the memtest though. It could be RAM. And... Originally posted by Koitenshin + Elaborate. |
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FreeDOS + Giant Red Koopa Legion: freedos = fritos Since: 11-17-05 From: Seattle Last post: 6430 days Last view: 6430 days |
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Try scanning with AntiVir, Spybot, and Ad-Aware... that combo rarely fails.
And apparently subseven is a script that exploits Windows remotely. Nothing unlike the other several dozen Windows exploiter scripts, and you could very well be attacked by a script kiddie sending packets to every IP they can find. A good hardware firewall will prevent them from getting through. |
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Koitenshin +∞ Moblin Since: 12-24-05 From: Misery Last post: 6433 days Last view: 6433 days |
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SubSeven is not a script.
SubSeven was a trojan horse that could be used to do many things such as "The Matrix Has You" kind of text across someones screen, flip their monitor upside down, turn off their mouse, all kinds of things. Read about it here. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sub7 |
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spiroth10 Paratroopa Since: 01-28-06 From: USA Last post: 6430 days Last view: 6430 days |
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if it's hardware related, it might be a power source issue. The power supply could be damaged. Or it could just be a crappy power source to computer came with -- 90% of the time PCs come with power supplys that can barely power the hardware it comes with, and they can die out. You could try a new power supply -- one for that PC shouldnt be too pricey. hell, my Antec TruePower 2.0 (430 Watt) was only about $80, and the one you described there should use much less power (so long as the graphics card is integrated and there is no fancy hardware or liquid cooling system in there).
I like the way everybody jumped to it being a virus when it may very well be just a faulty power supply. you should also open it up and check if everything is connected correctly INSIDE the case of the computer. There might be a serious problem in there if a heatsink fell off (I had a faulty one fall off -- warranty paid for it) or something. Similar things can happen from that, because something might be causing it to overheat quickly, and most motherboards have some overheating safeguards which cause the system (or parts of it) to shut down. or it might be a virus/trojan, but I doubt it. I can't check it out for you here, so if you dont know much about computer hardware, I seriously reccomend you take it to a staples or best buy or something to have it checked out & repaired, else you can do it yourself after pinpointing the problem. |
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SuperLuigi64 Snifit Since: 07-22-06 From: TN My PC Specs Last post: 6524 days Last view: 6524 days |
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It was Subseven. *** *** piece of **** people that make these ******* viruses needs to die.
And if it was power supply, how would the computer be running? I said it just shut down everything AFTER going into Media Player and/or IE. (edited by SuperLuigi64 on 10-01-06 06:29 PM) |
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HyperHacker Star Mario Finally being paid to code in VB! If only I still enjoyed that. <_< Wii #7182 6487 4198 1828 Since: 11-18-05 From: Canada, w00t! My computer's specs, if anyone gives a damn. STOP TRUNCATING THIS >8^( Last post: 6431 days Last view: 6431 days |
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Faulty power supplies can do odd things like that. Opening Media Player might have been enough to push CPU usage higher than a weak PSU could handle, thus causing a brownout in the system and making it unable to power some components while still keeping fans and such running. Mine died recently and had a similar problem - it ran (noisily), but as soon as Windows booted up and turned on all the USB devices and whatnot, it'd reboot. | |||
rubixcuber Mole Since: 09-08-06 From: St. Louis, MO Last post: 6540 days Last view: 6540 days |
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Originally posted by SuperLuigi64 But if people don't make viruses/trojans/etc, computer security will suck. (edited by rubixcuber on 10-01-06 06:48 PM) |
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SuperLuigi64 Snifit Since: 07-22-06 From: TN My PC Specs Last post: 6524 days Last view: 6524 days |
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Originally posted by rubixcuberOriginally posted by SuperLuigi64 But if people didn't make viruses/trojans/etc, computer sercurity would not be needed. But alas, the world is not perfect. Anyway, the computer is fixed, for now anyway, and this can begin its trip to the bottom of this forum. |
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HyperHacker Star Mario Finally being paid to code in VB! If only I still enjoyed that. <_< Wii #7182 6487 4198 1828 Since: 11-18-05 From: Canada, w00t! My computer's specs, if anyone gives a damn. STOP TRUNCATING THIS >8^( Last post: 6431 days Last view: 6431 days |
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Hell, let's just give it a little help in getting there. *close* |
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