Not that Dwayne - I do a complete scan every
night (during the night) but to be safe have just
done another - over 300k files checked and not a
sign of a virus or anything else.
Back to the drawing board (for me!) but thanks for the help.
Straw Clutching is coming to mind!!
Peter MacGregor
At 15:37 24/01/2006, you wrote:
Peter MacGregor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I've a PC that is not quite a year old and
> in the past week or two it's developed an
> inability to shut itself down.
>
> I don't usually switch off at all as I have
> a broadband connection
I would IMMEDIATELY run a series of virus and anti-spyware scans as there is
a *possibility* your machine could be compromised.
We had a server that we kept on constantly. Originally we had a hardware
firewall but an inexperienced (or totally daft) tech disconnected it and
installed ZoneAlarm. Someone hacked into the PC, right through ZA, and
created several hidden directories of files and instantiated a mail server
that sent out gazillions of naughty spam mails.
We found our server was on the spam blacklist and the machine had to be
wiped and completely rebuilt from the ground up.
One symptom -- it would not shut down.
Hopefully this is not the case but caveat emptor...
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