Re: ZoneAlarm reboots my PC

From: Dave K (davek28_at_lycosREMOVE.co.uk)
Date: 03/12/04 

Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 21:41:34 +0000

phoenix wrote:

> On Fri, 12 Mar 2004 18:11:53 +0000, Dave K wrote:
>
>
>>phoenix wrote:
>>
>>/snip/
>>
>>
>>>That's not ZA causing your reboot, it's likely to be some other problem -
>>>have you done a virus/trojan scan recently? Those messages are only
>>>confirming that your system was closed down unexpectedly and ZA restores
>>>the last known good rules database.
>>>
>>>Regards
>>>
>>>Bill
>>
>>Thanks Bill. In that case, I have no idea. I ran both virus and
>>spyware scans just yesterday! Windows is a wonderful thing. :o(
>>
>>It wasn't a normal shutdown, either. It just disappeared from under me,
>>as it were.
>>
>>Weird.
>>
>>Dave K
>
>
> It happens sometimes, I'm afraid. Is there nothing else in the event logs
> that might give an indication of what causes the problem? Was there
> anything else running at the time the system failed?
>
> Regards
>
> Bill

I was using Mozilla Mail/News at the time. Other than those entries
from the event log, I have nothing to go on. As I said, it's only the
second time ever (since I got this PC 2 years ago) that this has
happened. It's disconcerting though.

Thanks.

Dave K

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