alright. so heres the story. my other computer has been acting funny for a while it started turning itself on and off around christmas time, and it was brought into the shop. the guy told us it was a power SUPPLY and VIRUS problem. so he replaced the power supply and said he deleted the virus. about a week later, it started doing it again. it was taken back and the virus was deleted again. he said it was very deeply rooted.

about an hour ago, a week after we got it back it started doing it again. one of my friends said it might be a BIOS problem, but i dont really know a whole lot about computers. any help?


FYI, there were torrents downloaded on that pc, but nothing had been downloaded a couple months prior to the problem occuring.

thanks.More details of your system would be handy.  Which OS, do you have anti-virus & firewall installed, what's your hardware setup :-?

Can you check your component temperatures :-?Check the BIOS and see if your computer is set to turn on at a specific time. It's possible that somehow, a time was set for the computer to turn on in the morning... Also, I suggest GETTING yourself some virus protection.

Flameits a compaq, 512mb ram, geforce 4, 120gb hd.


it has norton and zone alarm installed.Which OS - I'm presuming XP.

Sounds very like the big bad Sasser or MSBlast.   Have you installed all XP updates from MS, have you installed SP2 :-?

Make Google your friend - have a look here.Naver take the computer to the PC repair shop they will charge alot for nothing

[size=20]Is a rip[/size]

Come to this Forum is better and free with over 20 helpfull members Quote

20 members. Wow, but it is a big World! Do they all LIVE in the same house?

he said it was very deeply rooted.