RE: Problem with AD-Aware and MS antispyware

From: Aj Cuenca (Cuenca_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 03/31/05


Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 21:19:02 -0800

Is there a countdown similar to the ones that come out with blaster and
sasser worms? Just do a shutdown -a thingy.

start -> run -> type in "shutdown -a"

this should stop the countdown long enough for you to finish the scan.

"Steve" wrote:

> I'm running XPSP2 on a pentium 2.6GHz machine - 160GB hard disk.
>
> In safe mode I ran NAV2004 with upto date definitions and got a "clean"
> report. THen I ran Spybot and it fixed a couple of things.
>
> Then I ran Ad-Aware with upto date definitions and the machine re-boots
> sometime into the file scan. THis is repeatable. I un-installed ad-aware
> and re-installed with upto date definitions. Ad-aware still caused the
> machine to reboot (in normal mode this time) and again in safe mode.
>
> I then installed MS antispyware and updated the defintions. THis has
> exactly the same issue, once the file scanning has been underway for
> sometime, the machine re-boots.
>
> In task manager, all the running processes appear legitimate.
>
> Anyone any thoughts on this?
>
> Other applications MS Office, Combat Flight Simulator - the Sims etc all
> run fine.
>
> Anyone any thoughts on this?
>
> TIA
>
> Steve
>
>
>
>



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