Re: What could be "waking-up" my Win XP?
From: cquirke (MVP Windows shell/user) (cquirkenews_at_nospam.mvps.org)
Date: 08/15/05
- Next message: Steve: "Malware/Virus problem -"
- Previous message: David H. Lipman: "Re: Display Issue"
- In reply to: riverdogs05: "Re: What could be "waking-up" my Win XP?"
- Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] [ attachment ]
Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 18:17:02 +0200
On Mon, 15 Aug 2005 07:30:17 -0400, "riverdogs05" <rwplace@emcs.net>
>Sorry for a late response. But if you are using OE how often do you have
>check for new email?
>"M. B." <REMOVETHESPAMmystic02@verizon.net> wrote in message
>>I have noticed that sometime in the last 3-4 months that I have a program
>>that is running in the background, which every 15 minutes or so runs (as
>>I see a minimized Window appear for less than 2 seconds and then
>>dissapears) in the background.
>> My computer is running fine otherwise. I have ran numerous Spyware,
>> Ad-Aware removers, Virus checkers, Hijackers, etc... and whatever this
>> program is, it doesn't get deleted.
Do the scanners say they find anything?
If so, do they claim to have fixed it?
If so, then does a repeat scan 5 min later find the same thing again?
>> It doesnt rally bother me (or in any way effect my PC) except for one
>> thing. For some reason, my SCREEN saver stops working when it runs!
>> Meaning that as soon as my monitor goes dark, and the program runs, it
>> seems to cause an effect as if someone moved the mouse or touched the
>> keyboard.
Well, that's what would worry me - that some process it emulating
keyboard or mouse to the point that the screensaver wakes up.
Does this behavior stop if you unplug the broadband?
Are you on any sort of wireless, infrared, bluetooth stuff?
>> I have tried everything in trying to locate this program, but it appears
>> and dissapears too quickly for me to visually catch its name or anything
>> else for it.
That isn't reassuring either...
>> Does anyone have any suggestions of what I can try to do to identify
>> what is going on? I am running Windows XP SP2 with all of the latest
>> patches (as of today).
Do a formal virus check. I know, that's an easy glib thing to say,
like "just make backups", and as difficult to do effectively. It's a
big blind spot in NTFS-era Windows, where we are supposed to trust
malware to lie still and allow an av scanner to find and kill them
from within the infected Windows installation.
"I'm planning to live forever - so far, so good..."
If on FATxx, see:
http://cquirke.mvps.org/9x/virtest.htm
If on NTFS, see...
http://cquirke.mvps.org/whatmos.htm
...and then catch up on how to build your own maintenance OS (seeing
as MS are too clueless or bloody-minded to provide you with one) here:
http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?s=2d8129076720e6e30cc2031100d2b258&showforum=30
It should be easier than this, but it isn't.
>-------------------- ----- ---- --- -- - - - -
Running Windows-based av to kill active malware is like striking
a match to see if what you are standing in is water or petrol.
>-------------------- ----- ---- --- -- - - - -
- Next message: Steve: "Malware/Virus problem -"
- Previous message: David H. Lipman: "Re: Display Issue"
- In reply to: riverdogs05: "Re: What could be "waking-up" my Win XP?"
- Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] [ attachment ]
Relevant Pages
|
