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laptop shuts down when i connect to internet
hello folks....i hope someone here can help me....my
laptop keeps shutting down when i connect to the internet...it behaves just fine as long as i dont connect to the internet...i could work for hours on it but as sson as i connect to the internet the screen freezes and it shuts down ....could it be a modem problem?....someone please help!....please reply to my email address with your solutions..... |
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laptop shuts down when i connect to internet
This sounds very much as if you have unwanted malware on your system. What
operating system are you running? Win Me or XP? If XP when did you last patch your system and do you use a firewall? If Win Me when did you last check your system for unwanted malware using your preferred antivirus application making sure first that you are using an updated current set of viral reference signatures? This would be a good time to download yourself a copy of the free Ad-Aware 6.0 from Lavasoft (http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/) and also SpyBot Search & Destroy (http://www.safer-networking.org/) and use them to check your system for other commercial parasites remembering that they are only as good as when you last updated their reference files. I also use a program called BHODemon (http://www.definitivesolutions.com/bhodemon.htm that checks for unwanted Browser Help Objects and SpywareBlaster (http://www.wilderssecurity.net/spywareblaster.html) which can help prevent some parasites getting a grip on your PC. Then there is CWShredder (http://www.zerosrealm.com/downloads/CWShredder.zip or http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/cwshredder.zip) which is the best way of getting rid of the many forms of the CoolWebSearch hijacker details of which can be found at http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/cwschronicles.html and also http://www.pestpatrol.com/pestinfo/c/cws.asp.. Finally if you still continue to experience problems download a copy of HijackThis from (http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html). Create a folder called hijackthis on C: and copy the file you downloaded to that folder. Close as many applications as you can including all instances of Internet Explorer and then run hijackthis.exe and post back the log to either the HijackThis Forum at http://forums.spywareinfo.com/ or alternatively http://forum.aumha.org/viewforum.php?f=30 and hopefully this will enable someone to identify the cause of your problem. See also: Dealing with Unwanted Malware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search Engines http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm and also Browser Hijacking http://www.spywareinfo.com/articles/hijacked/ --? Mike Maltby MS-MVP nook wrote: hello folks....i hope someone here can help me....my laptop keeps shutting down when i connect to the internet...it behaves just fine as long as i dont connect to the internet...i could work for hours on it but as sson as i connect to the internet the screen freezes and it shuts down ....could it be a modem problem?....someone please help!....please reply to my email address with your solutions..... |
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laptop shuts down when i connect to internet
well...ive always had spybot, ad-aware and spyware blaster=20
on the laptop...i use them often....but those havent=20 helped ....i was able to get a copy of cwsshredder..but it=20 found nothing either.....its still shutting down on me=20 when i connect to the internet so i was unable to try=20 bhodemon and hijackthis...do you think they will solve the=20 problem?...do you have any other suggestions? ----Original Message----- This sounds very much as if you have unwanted malware on=20 your system. What=20 operating system are you running? Win Me or XP? If XP=20 when did you last=20 patch your system and do you use a firewall? If Win Me=20 when did you last=20 check your system for unwanted malware using your=20 preferred antivirus=20 application making sure first that you are using an=20 updated current set of=20 viral reference signatures? This would be a good time to download yourself a copy of=20 the free Ad-Aware 6.0 from Lavasoft=20 (http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/) and also=20 SpyBot Search & Destroy (http://www.safer-networking.org/) and=20 use them to check your system for other commercial parasites remembering that=20 they are only as good as when you last updated their reference files. I also=20 use a program called BHODemon (http://www.definitivesolutions.com/bhodemon.htm=20 that checks for unwanted Browser Help Objects and SpywareBlaster (http://www.wilderssecurity.net/spywareblaster.html)=20 which can help prevent some parasites getting a grip on your PC. Then there is CWShredder (http://www.zerosrealm.com/downloads/CWShredder.zip or http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/cwshredder.zip)=20 which is the best way of getting rid of the many forms of the CoolWebSearch=20 hijacker details of which can be found at=20 http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/cwschronicles.html and also http://www.pestpatrol.com/pestinfo/c/cws.asp.. Finally if you still continue to experience problems=20 download a copy of HijackThis from=20 (http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html). =20 Create a folder called hijackthis on C: and copy the file you=20 downloaded to that folder. Close as many applications as you can including=20 all instances of Internet Explorer and then run hijackthis.exe and post=20 back the log to either the HijackThis Forum at http://forums.spywareinfo.com/ or alternatively http://forum.aumha.org/viewforum.php?f=3D30 and hopefully=20 this will enable someone to identify the cause of your problem. See also: Dealing with Unwanted Malware, Parasites,=20 Toolbars and Search Engines http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm=20 and also Browser Hijacking http://www.spywareinfo.com/articles/hijacked/ --=81 Mike Maltby MS-MVP nook wrote: hello folks....i hope someone here can help me....my laptop keeps shutting down when i connect to the internet...it behaves just fine as long as i dont=20 connect to the internet...i could work for hours on it but as=20 sson as i connect to the internet the screen freezes and it shuts down ....could it be a modem problem?....someone please help!....please reply to my email address with=20 your solutions.....=20 . |
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laptop shuts down when i connect to internet
do you think they will solve the problem?
Until you download and use BHODemon and HijackThis you'll never know. g Download these using the machine you are using to post your messages and then transfer them to your laptop. do you have any other suggestions? Not at this point. -- Mike Maltby wrote: well...ive always had spybot, ad-aware and spyware blaster on the laptop...i use them often....but those havent helped ....i was able to get a copy of cwsshredder..but it found nothing either.....its still shutting down on me when i connect to the internet so i was unable to try bhodemon and hijackthis...do you think they will solve the problem?...do you have any other suggestions? |
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