Author Topic: Crashing all the time (Read 12085 times)

tommy · « **on:** August 03, 2005, 02:41:36 pm »

It seems i have a virus or some spyware that always comes up upon reboot, any good free programs out there.

Google comes up with many programs and who can tell if it would work or they end up wanting you to buy it.

I have about 10 programs and none seem to see the problem or it would get deleted and then still come back on a reboot.

Your truly, tommy in crash land.

Harry Potter · « **Reply #1 on:** August 03, 2005, 02:43:44 pm »

Try Spybot. Works for me.

http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html

Or try rubbing bacon on the hard drive. (is this getting a little old by now?)

If you decide to install it, go into advanced settings, where you can control what starts up on ... startup. When I first ran it, I found about 20 unneccesary processes which were slowing me down.

USSEnterprise · « **Reply #2 on:** August 03, 2005, 02:44:50 pm »

toast?

ChadTower · « **Reply #3 on:** August 03, 2005, 02:45:22 pm »

No, the Strawberry Speedbags jokes are just beginning.

tommy · « **Reply #4 on:** August 03, 2005, 02:47:29 pm »

This is a real problem guys, no more toast on this one or i'll be not able to come here anylonger due to PC not workie so good. Maybe you would not want me here anymore anyway.

ChadTower · « **Reply #5 on:** August 03, 2005, 02:52:09 pm »

Use AdAware and get it done.

missioncontrol · « **Reply #6 on:** August 03, 2005, 02:52:28 pm »

Get

AVG anti-virus (free)

Spy-bot search and destroy (free)

and

AdAware from lavasoft (free)

also quit looking at those bacon and toast porn sites

tommy · « **Reply #7 on:** August 03, 2005, 02:53:29 pm »

Got them all already.

ChadTower · « **Reply #8 on:** August 03, 2005, 02:53:37 pm »

Keep in mind that often, you have to scan several times.

Stingray · « **Reply #9 on:** August 03, 2005, 02:54:38 pm »

Spybot S&D takes care of bidness for me.

Bacon

-S

tommy · « **Reply #10 on:** August 03, 2005, 02:55:54 pm »

Quote from: ChadTower on August 03, 2005, 02:53:37 pm

Keep in mind that often, you have to scan several times. Scan, reboot, scan, reboot, scan... that's how you get it all when it's really in there.

I'll be back.

missioncontrol · « **Reply #11 on:** August 03, 2005, 02:58:00 pm »

Quote from: ChadTower on August 03, 2005, 02:52:09 pm

Use AdAware and get it done.

make sure it's the one through lavasoft, there's an imitation out there that's loaded with spyware

Quote from: ChadTower on August 03, 2005, 02:53:37 pm

Keep in mind that often, you have to scan several times.

J_K_M_A_N · « **Reply #12 on:** August 03, 2005, 03:00:05 pm »

If you can stay online long enough you can check for viruii at housecall.trendmicro.com

I usually use that when people call me and they don't have a virus checker. Good luck.

J_K_M_A_N

missioncontrol · « **Reply #13 on:** August 03, 2005, 03:01:53 pm »

Quote from: tommy on August 03, 2005, 02:53:29 pm

Got them all already.

make sure they are the current versions and they are updated

it's funny how manny people don't understand they need to be updated weekly.........

Quote from: Stingray on August 03, 2005, 02:54:38 pm

Spybot S&D takes care of bidness for me.

Bacon

-S

Spybot hasn't been updating lately........

Harry Potter · « **Reply #14 on:** August 03, 2005, 03:02:35 pm »

I'll be bacon

whammoed · « **Reply #15 on:** August 03, 2005, 03:03:47 pm »

I've had spybot not catch some before.

Stingray · « **Reply #16 on:** August 03, 2005, 03:05:21 pm »

Quote from: bosss7 on August 03, 2005, 03:02:35 pm

I'll be bacon

You beat me to my joke.

-S

Harry Potter · « **Reply #17 on:** August 03, 2005, 03:10:28 pm »

Yours is better.

missioncontrol · « **Reply #18 on:** August 03, 2005, 03:17:57 pm »

oh and tommy

we need your BYOAC password to check it against the bacon databanks to insure it isn't toasted or fried egged...........

o.k. guys if he gives it out swap his avatar to the shortcake one

tommy · « **Reply #19 on:** August 03, 2005, 03:18:29 pm »

I have a feeling i'm getting these problems from the Half-life 2 servers i have been playing on, they make you download the maps to play on there servers and it seems when i get off of there and back to windows i have a bunch of crap installed.

Password is chads a geek.

Harry Potter · « **Reply #20 on:** August 03, 2005, 03:21:41 pm »

If you're getting problems like that, maybe you should think about making a second windows partition for games so you can use the other one for things like internet and some bacon related activities.

monkeybomb · « **Reply #21 on:** August 03, 2005, 04:49:26 pm »

I use spybot and the free version of winpatrol

http://www.winpatrol.com/

Win patrol lets you know every time a program it trying to add to your start up, registry and stuff like that. I can't tell you how many times I go to download music or a game and the alarm goes off. And I don't do any peer to peer to begin with.

It also is a quick easy way to use some of the msconfig type I don't do a whole lot to protect myself but I haven't had any problems in quite some time and I think it's because of winpatrol.

mrhowell · « **Reply #22 on:** August 03, 2005, 05:01:30 pm »

Format and reload. Works every time.

USSEnterprise · « **Reply #23 on:** August 03, 2005, 06:09:03 pm »

Quote from: mrhowell on August 03, 2005, 05:01:30 pm

Format and reload. Works every time.

I agree

DrewKaree · « **Reply #24 on:** August 03, 2005, 08:20:28 pm »

What OS are you using
What have you tried ALREADY that "didn't work"
What error messages are you getting (if any) when it crashes?
Have you considered changing your password to "Strawberry Speedbags?

tommy · « **Reply #25 on:** August 03, 2005, 09:22:36 pm »

Quote from: DrewKaree on August 03, 2005, 08:20:28 pm

What OS are you using
What have you tried ALREADY that "didn't work"
What error messages are you getting (if any) when it crashes?
Have you considered changing your password to "Strawberry Speedbags?

Win XP

AVG virus, ad aware, spybot, spyware blaster, many reg cleaners.

None, just crash.

No.

cdbrown · « **Reply #26 on:** August 04, 2005, 12:49:17 am »

How do you know it's a virus? If none of those programs are finding anything then maybe it's something else causing the crash - ie hardware fault. Does it crash or reboot? What does the event viewer say is happening? How does it crash - blue screen or have you set the option to Automatically Restart (under Advanced tab, Startup and Recovery in the System settings) upon System Failure?

shmokes · « **Reply #27 on:** August 04, 2005, 12:53:27 am »

Quote from: tommy on August 03, 2005, 09:22:36 pm

No.

Sounds you've isolated your problem.

Seriously, are you sure it's software related. That's a pretty powerful arsenal of software to be having no affect. Is Spybot/Adaware finding things, but not removing them or are they giving you a clean bill of health?

If they are finding, but not removing you'll have to resort to Hijack This, but you'll need to go to one of many forums where experts will analyze your Hijack This log (for free) and tell you how to remove the offendors. Hijack This can remove anything, but it's difficult to make heads or tales out of the log for about 99.9% of the population.

It could be hardware, though. Maybe you've got a stick of RAM going bad. If you have multiple sticks of RAM try removing one and see if the computer works. Heat issues could be a problem -- especially a failing CPU fan. It might be spinning half as fast as it should and still look like it's working fine. Try opening up the case and see if your computer quits freezing/crashing -- especially if you can point a fan directly into the box.

Aside from that a bad power supply, bad motherboard, stting on the floor when there's a lot of static electricity in there air, or being plugged into the same circuit as some other appliance, e.g., a computer might freeze every time someone makes a copy because of the power surge on the circuit made by the copier. Put that microwave oven somewhere else!!!

USSEnterprise · « **Reply #28 on:** August 04, 2005, 12:57:08 am »

If RAM or mobo wen't bad, I'd think the computer wouldn't even boot. Check out the device manager and see if there are any conflicts. You wouldn't believe how many problems can be caused by a bad mouse driver.

cdbrown · « **Reply #29 on:** August 04, 2005, 01:24:14 am »

Also try to get something like motherboard monitor to see what the voltages are from the PSU. If it's a slightly dodgey PSU it will create an unstable system, causing reboots when the mobo, cpu, drives draw more power than can be provided. Bad RAM doesn't necessarily mean it won't boot - but this can be tested by running memtest86 for a long time (all day if possible)

AlanS17 · « **Reply #30 on:** August 04, 2005, 01:33:01 am »

This is probably a dumb question... do you have any peer-to-peer file-sharing software?

tommy · « **Reply #31 on:** August 04, 2005, 01:34:57 am »

The main problem is when i'm playing an online game, after sometime it will just reboot, also everytime i scan for virus etc it will be erased but upon a reboot the same virus/spyware will be there again many many times, i have had the same number of problems after a reboot and it's obvious that it is the same exact named problem in the scan.

AlanS17 · « **Reply #32 on:** August 04, 2005, 01:46:55 am »

Does this occur while you're playing the game? Are you sure it's not an overheating video card? I used to have a PC that only crashed when I played Zinc emulated games. The problem was an overheating video card. There was no blue screen, either - just performance hits that made the machine unusable or locked.

Bones · « **Reply #33 on:** August 04, 2005, 02:12:25 am »

I reckon Tommy may have been frequenting a few too many of those sites where you have to click the button that say "I am over 18".

shmokes · « **Reply #34 on:** August 04, 2005, 02:16:14 am »

Quote from: tommy on August 04, 2005, 01:34:57 am

The main problem is when i'm playing an online game, after sometime it will just reboot, also everytime i scan for virus etc it will be erased but upon a reboot the same virus/spyware will be there again many many times, i have had the same number of problems after a reboot and it's obvious that it is the same exact named problem in the scan.

This tells me two important things. One, it's overheating. Alan is right. Do the trick with a desk fan or box fan with the case open. You'll see.

The other thing it tells me is if thing-one is wrong, and it's not a heat issue, why haven't you told us what virus/spyware is being repeatedly reported by your scans. That sentence doesn't make much sense, but tell us....immediately.

USSEnterprise · « **Reply #35 on:** August 04, 2005, 02:31:32 am »

Also, check to see that your CPU fan is working and your PSU fan. I actually fixed an overheating problem by opening up a PSU and blowing a lot of dust out with compressed air.

ChadTower · « **Reply #36 on:** August 04, 2005, 08:42:00 am »

No one has asked the big question yet:

What type of firewall do you have?

cdbrown · « **Reply #37 on:** August 04, 2005, 09:46:41 am »

and then the next question would be

Does this so called wall of fire create enough heat to cook bacon?

tommy · « **Reply #38 on:** August 04, 2005, 01:41:51 pm »

The problem that keeps comming up is called "booked space" and i'm useing windows firewall (i know i know)

I have taken one of my old processor fans and built a stand to reach the video card and now the video card has some freash air.

All other fans are new and working.

Stingray · « **Reply #39 on:** August 04, 2005, 01:43:08 pm »

So has the additional cooling fixed your problem?

-S


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