My Daughter had this and had the MS blast worm just like this almost eezactly. It was a bitch to fix but did it. Go to Symantec.com on your computer and get the fix.
Mark Dodge [EMAIL PROTECTED] EarthLink Revolves Around You. > [Original Message] > From: Bobby Heid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: The Hardware List <hardware@hardwaregroup.com> > Date: 10/5/2006 9:32:57 PM > Subject: RE: [H] Rebooting issue... > > Ok, went to see the PC tonight. They use the simple XP startup screen > (where you click on the user). After clicking on the user name, then > starting to enter the password, it reboots. No blue screen or anything, it > just reboots. > > I went into safe mode and created a test user with no password. Then went > back into normal mode. When I clicked on the test user, it rebooted. > > In safe mode, I ran Ad Aware. It found some cookies and the Alexa toolbar. > I removed them. I then ran Hijack This with nothing looking out of the > ordinary. > > He did not have a virus scanner, so I left it scanning with the Trend Micro > Housecall online scanner. > > I told him that after the scan, if it did not find anything, to open up the > box and look at the caps. Assuming that the caps look good, I suggested > that he remove one of the RAM sticks and retry. Then if it still rebooted, > to switch the sticks. > > They have RR and the pcs are hard-wired to a router. While in safe mode, > I'd have internet connectivity one minute, then none the next minute. > > This whole situation seems a little weird because he had made no obvious > changes to the system before this started happening. That and there does > not seem to be one thing "wrong" with the system. > > Bobby > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of joeuser > Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 4:16 PM > To: The Hardware List > Subject: Re: [H] Rebooting issue... > > Agreed. Also if set to - the system will reboot on crashes. Goto system > properties - advanced - (startup and recovery) settings > > Bill wrote: > > > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hardware- > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bobby Heid > >>Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 12:23 PM > >>To: 'The Hardware List' > >>Subject: [H] Rebooting issue... > >> > >>I have to go over to a friends house this evening where the pc keeps > >>rebooting. I'm pretty sure it's XP home. > >> > >>Can someone give me some pointers as to what I should be looking for to > >>correct the problem? > >> > >>Thanks, > >>Bobby > > > > > > Could be a number of things.. Have you run a Virus scan? This sounds like > the > > MSBLAST Worm from a few years back... > > > > Bill > > > > > > > > -- > Cheers, > joeuser (still looking for the 'any' key)
