# New puter threat? **URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-puter-threat/28244 **Category:** random **Created:** [August 11, 2003, 8:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-puter-threat/28244 "2003-08-11T20:04:43Z") **Posts on this page:** 20 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![Illuminae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5ac83/32.png) [@Illuminae](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Illuminae) #### Post date: [August 11, 2003, 8:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-puter-threat/28244/1 "2003-08-11T20:04:43Z")
OK, so this totally scary thing has been sweeping over computerland. Random reboots, and a lot of it. It first happened to me a while back when i was in boston. i posted a thread here, and you guys gave me some advise and i tried a few things. i thought the problem fixed itself, but turns out, it happened to me again like last week twice. when mine does it, it says windows is shutting down, blah blah, and then shuts itsself down. now, i was on dsl there, now i am in NJ and on dialup. a week ago my mother’s puter on the same connection started doing it. but unlike mine, hers happens almost every time she is on, and repeatedly. so i sat here, trying to think of common elements between the two. they have both been scanned for virii and trojans and spyware with an assortment of programs. they are both relatively new. they are not overheating, nor are they broken. the only common thing is the keyboard. i figured perhaps the keyboard was shorting somewhere and sending a shutdown signal. so i disabled the keyboard’s sleep and shutdown commands. still happens. this leads me to believe one of two things. A. it is the power supply, and Dell puters have a safety where if the voltage fluxuates too greatly or we have a ‘brown out’ the puter will shut off so the HD doesnt fry. B. it is some hardcore virus, trojan, worm, parasite, or other bad thing that no one has ‘discovered’ yet. another friend of mine has that happen to his puter, who is on a dell. now i was on IRC and it happend to some1 else, who is on a dell. it happens to some1 else too on there who has a dell. wtf. does anyone else have ANYTHING to contribute to this. ---
### Author: ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system) #### Post date: [August 11, 2003, 8:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-puter-threat/28244/2 "2003-08-11T20:08:12Z")
i know my dell has a safety thing that guards against brown outs and such, but i have never had that happen to me. my computer is relatively new (like 4 months) so i don’t know. ---
### Author: ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system) #### Post date: [August 11, 2003, 8:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-puter-threat/28244/3 "2003-08-11T20:08:51Z")
happens to me too this is a screenshot of what happens [http://members.cox.net/sushis/ss.doc](http://members.cox.net/sushis/ss.doc) Kirupa posted a fix though on irc 🙂 il lpaste it here in a sec btw i do have a dell ---
### Author: ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system) #### Post date: [August 11, 2003, 8:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-puter-threat/28244/4 "2003-08-11T20:10:22Z")
```php * right click on my computer and select Properties http://www.kirupaforum.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=31408 select Advanced woopsies press Settings under Startup and Recovery in the section marked System Failure uncheck Automatically Restart <[brainy]> kirupa, its just an RPC exploit. <[brainy]> ah <[brainy]> interesting :) sweet that may work that should do it that worked for me a while ago it could also be a power supply issue - in which case that won't work :) * ``` ---
### Author: ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system) #### Post date: [August 11, 2003, 8:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-puter-threat/28244/5 "2003-08-11T20:10:48Z")
Hmmm thats odd. I have a brand new Dimension 8250 at work that is stocked to the gills with goodies. the only problem I find with it is it dumps its memory at least twice a week. ---
### Author: ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system) #### Post date: [August 11, 2003, 8:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-puter-threat/28244/6 "2003-08-11T20:11:17Z")
lol, i don’t know about red, but sushis you just asked for it. DL’ing a .exe off kazaa is just BEGGING to get a virus. Only thing I could tell you is to try reformatting comp. ---
### Author: ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system) #### Post date: [August 11, 2003, 8:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-puter-threat/28244/7 "2003-08-11T20:14:39Z")
good point nali :crazy: ---
### Author: ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system) #### Post date: [August 11, 2003, 8:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-puter-threat/28244/8 "2003-08-11T20:43:48Z")
Oki peeps, my puter just booted on it’s own, It’s never done so before, and it can’t be a coincidence that it does it when I’m reading this stuff :mad: also, upon startup, icq started to auto-install some weird plugin pack… :mad: ---
### Author: ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system) #### Post date: [August 11, 2003, 8:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-puter-threat/28244/9 "2003-08-11T20:47:04Z")
Hi Gina 🙂 Try scanning your PC with Spybot and Adaware: [http://spybot.eon.net.au/index.php?lang=en&page=download](http://spybot.eon.net.au/index.php?lang=en&page=download) > **[adaware: the best FREE Antivirus & Ad Blocker period.](https://www.adaware.com/?domain=lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/)** > > adaware is the Internet’s security and privacy leader. We offer simple, worry-free solutions that enhance your online experience, keeping you connected like never before. Hope that helps out! ---
### Author: ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system) #### Post date: [August 11, 2003, 9:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-puter-threat/28244/10 "2003-08-11T21:03:50Z")
hey ranoka, thanks but i did all that to mine and hers, no such luck, only a few cookies on hers and nothing on mine. sigh. im reformatting mine, but i might do hers too now. everyone watch out cuz IRC is getting massively hacked right now or whatnot. friggin nerds. ugh. ii wish i had an hour alone with the pizza faced snot nosed crumball that thinks he is being a l33T h4x0r or whatever id \*\*\* \*\*\*\*\*\*\* \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* (censured for content) ---
### Author: ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system) #### Post date: [August 11, 2003, 9:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-puter-threat/28244/11 "2003-08-11T21:18:01Z")
hm, what’s the link to that MS patch again fellas? ---
### Author: ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system) #### Post date: [August 11, 2003, 9:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-puter-threat/28244/12 "2003-08-11T21:22:06Z")
[http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=823980](http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=823980) ---
### Author: ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system) #### Post date: [August 11, 2003, 9:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-puter-threat/28244/13 "2003-08-11T21:24:27Z")
oh \*\*\*\*… I can’t click the link, I can’t copy/paste it… my pc is seriously screwed right now… ☹ ---
### Author: ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system) #### Post date: [August 11, 2003, 9:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-puter-threat/28244/14 "2003-08-11T21:25:24Z")
eilsoe… hurry, remove that thingie!!! /me starts to cry ---
### Author: ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system) #### Post date: [August 11, 2003, 9:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-puter-threat/28244/15 "2003-08-11T21:25:35Z")
phew… found another way in 🙂 installing patch again 🙂 ---
### Author: ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system) #### Post date: [August 11, 2003, 9:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-puter-threat/28244/16 "2003-08-11T21:26:42Z")
oh darn it… MS homepage keeps freezing on me… Ⓜ ---
### Author: ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system) #### Post date: [August 11, 2003, 9:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-puter-threat/28244/17 "2003-08-11T21:29:49Z")
What thingie!? _runs_ - Soul :s: ---
### Author: ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system) #### Post date: [August 11, 2003, 9:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-puter-threat/28244/18 "2003-08-11T21:31:52Z")
oh… my TV just went out… this is scary… ---
### Author: ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system) #### Post date: [August 11, 2003, 9:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-puter-threat/28244/19 "2003-08-11T21:33:22Z")
w00t!!! got the download!! now to see if I can actually install it… ---
### Author: ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system) #### Post date: [August 11, 2003, 9:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-puter-threat/28244/20 "2003-08-11T21:33:36Z")
where is the patch?! ☹ [Next page](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-puter-threat/28244.md?page=2)