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Some silent virus

by MinusZero Jan 9, 2006 9:50AM PST

Folks:

In this days may computer got a nasty boot-up problem. I turned it ON, make the POST, got to the windows splash screen... reboot.

This was done exactly three times.

Next boot, the login screen came up...reboot itself.

Fifth, reboot and after the splash screen, the monitor black out and showed a message such as their is no video card for about three seconds. Then the computer boot with no problem.

This was repeated again and again in the same way when I turned off my PC. I tried all.

Supriselly, I just disconnect and re-connect the memory RAM and the problem dissapeared!!.

I started having the same problem again just when I plogged to the web.

I dont know, but seem to me that a virus is lodged into my RAM and stored because of the BIOS battery. Once disconected, the virus erased.

Probably I am wrong. That I am posing this to find it out. BTW, I scan the PC and avast antovirus and no virus was detected.

Thanks!

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post in our Computer Help Forum.

by dawillie Jan 9, 2006 11:45AM PST

you are right in that you are not affected.

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Some Worms Are Known For That. Here Are 3 Links .....

by tobeach Jan 9, 2006 2:34PM PST

you might want to use:
1)STINGER download page. Get it (preferably on a virus free machine) load onto floppy disk/cd/USB storage device, bring home to your computer, put in correct slot and double click .exe file and let clean anything it finds. Limited # of things removed but most common worms/trojans/worms. Might be enough to get you stable enough to try other cures.:
http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/
Run online scan (if Stinger got enough that it isn't rebooting every few seconds) Have fix all found. Here:
http://uk.trendmicro-europe.com/enterprise/products/housecall_launch.php
Here's link to item on Malware affecting Boot Sector:
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/Windows/XP/all/reskit/en-us/Default.asp?url=/resources/documentation/Windows/XP/all/reskit/en-us/prkd_tro_oxhc.asp
Could also be hardware problem as previously suggested, better dealt with at help forum. Being sure your NOT infected first can only help in other repairs.
Best of Luck!!