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Old 04-05-2008, 12:31 AM
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Computer Constantly Crashes

My friend recently got a trojan on his computer plus over 50 different spyware and adware. Norton Anti-Virus detected the trojan as Trojan.Vundo, also known as Trojan.VirtuMonde. I managed to remove the trojan using Norton AV and most of the spyware/adware using Spybot S&D. However, Spybot had to run again with the next system start-up because it was not able to remove a couple of problems due to the fact that it may have been in use by the system. So I restarted the computer but before Spybot could finish scanning the computer rebooted. I tried running Spybot again from the desktop but the computer restarts instantly while Spybot is opening or about 3 minutes into scanning. I tried running it in safe mode but the computer still restarts before Spybot can open or finish scanning. Same thing happens if I run Norton AV. Also if I leave the computer on with no programs opened (just the desktop showing) the computer will restart within minutes unless I leave it on in safe mode. Does anyone know what the problem may be?
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Old 04-05-2008, 06:26 PM
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If the PC is unstable the only choice left is to run a repair http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm
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Old 04-11-2008, 05:25 PM
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If the PC is unstable the only choice left is to run a repair http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

Alright thank you. I'll try it out and see what happens.
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