i have a trojan virus on my computer and it keeps restarting my computer before i get chance to do anything, it wont let me run avg or backdate my computer to get rid of it, is there anything i can do?? please help!!

Hi Becky, More info is needed....OS, etc. To find out your operating system, just right click on the icon 'my computer' and it will tell you your OS and Ram in your machine. The Blaster and the sasser virus will restart your PC. Stinger should help you find those...HTH If you need a simple solution, try mine. I try to give advise on things that have happened to my PC. Changes in registry can be FATAL! Glad to have a chance to help you.

Bicky, restart in Safe Mode by rebooting and tapping F8 repeatedly; when the computer boots into Safe Mode, log in as Administrator, not your user name. Now see if your computer still reboots. If it does, your problem most likely is not a virus, but something else. If it does not start rebooting, hold down Control and Alt at the same time, and tap Delete once. Task Manager will pop up, go to Processes and see what is listed there. If there are only 10 or less, write them down and post them here. Also, you can probably run your antivirus program from Safe Mode and scan your harddrive (I'm not sure about this, but it won't hurt to try). Post back with your results. Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime; Then industry pollutes the water and kills all the fish.

Okay, sorry for misspelling your name, BEcky! It's 7AM here and my coffe hasn't hit me yet... Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime; Then industry pollutes the water and kills all the fish.

Information you should have entered above is helpful to others for helping you. OS is Operating System (Win XP Home or XP Pro) CPU/RAM CPU is the type of Processor in your computer and its speed. RAM is how much RAM memory you have. For me I would put P4,1.5/512 MB Right click My Computer, then Properties. All the above information can be found on the General tab. System Manufacturer is who made your computer. ------------------------ Right click My Computer, Properties, Advanced tab, Settings button (Starup and Recovery), uncheck Automatically Restart. Now you should get an error message when it happens again. ------------------------ Is your problem happening when you are on the Internet ???

If your problem is a trojan, you'll find a couple of reliable online scanning services here and here.