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Hardware virus
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Original Message
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Name: mjz55
Date: September 22, 2007 at 13:34:00 Pacific
Subject: Hardware virusOS: xp proCPU/Ram: celeronModel/Manufacturer: vtx-400 |
Comment: I must have a virus in my hardware somewhere. How do I eliminate it or find it, etc?
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Response Number 1
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Name: mjz55
Date: September 22, 2007 at 13:36:56 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)I guess I should say somewhere other than my hard drive. I changed and switched harddrives and it constantly opens my browser windows. I left my laptop on over night ant I had over 10,000 browser windows open.
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Response Number 2
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Name: btk1w1
Date: September 22, 2007 at 17:19:05 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)I've heard about viruses flashing the bios but have never come across it. Here's a link that explains a bit about it and how to fix this. There are some very experienced techs here who will probably be able to help out better, but I hope this gets you started: Absolutely flummoxed - BIOS virus?
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Response Number 3
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Name: btk1w1
Date: September 22, 2007 at 17:28:21 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)Not sure about the recommendation of running two different antivirus programs though... hmmmm It might pay instead, to only install Avast Antivirus and let it run a boot-time scan upon installation
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Response Number 4
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Name: Intel 80486 (by meisinscotland)
Date: October 23, 2007 at 06:44:39 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)HOLEY MOLEY! Ten thousand browser Windows?!?!11 That'd be enough to make me throw the computer on an incinerator! Perhaps it is a hardware error, rather than a virus, though.
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