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Flip81

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  • ben folds
    computer manually shuts itself off...
    « on: January 29, 2008, 02:20:12 PM »
    comp I'm working on does a soft shut down on its own.  HP notebook with vista.  I was thinking heat could not cause this sort of shut down.  Usually heat causes it to freeze up or shut down immediately.  Could it be a virus?
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    Re: computer manually shuts itself off...
    « Reply #1 on: January 29, 2008, 02:25:55 PM »
    Quote from: Flip81 on January 29, 2008, 02:20:12 PM
    Could it be a virus?

    Possibly.  Have you scanned it with a current virus scanner/definitions?
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      Re: computer manually shuts itself off...
      « Reply #2 on: January 29, 2008, 08:40:51 PM »
      yea it's infected.  My scans were automatically disabled in regular and safe mode.  (spysweeper and trend micro)  I understand all the steps and software to get, just wasn't sure if their was a quick change I could make in the BIOS or something.  thanks
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      Re: computer manually shuts itself off...
      « Reply #3 on: January 30, 2008, 07:09:43 AM »
      No problem.  Glad you were able to narrow it down quickly.
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