Shanghai Kid Posted June 5, 2005 Report Posted June 5, 2005 A little pop up appears with a 58 second countdown saying the system is shutting down and that its being initiated by NT/Authority and than the computer shuts down when the clock runs out. Anybody know what this is or how to fix it?
Dimensions Posted June 5, 2005 Report Posted June 5, 2005 Try to run it in safe mode. If you don't get the error in safe mode, run some type of anti-spyware software. If you don't have that kind of software, try safe mode with networking or get a friend to burn it for you. Spybot and Ad-aware are decent and free. Also run antivirus scan when in safe mode.
Jobber of the Week Posted June 6, 2005 Report Posted June 6, 2005 Really sounds like some kind of trojan to me. Either that, or you haven't been keeping up with Windows Update, which is really bad behavior because you probably got hit with something you could have stopped then. Anyway, use the usual tools to clean it out, but I'd be wary of entering passwords and credit card numbers into any computer I suspect of being compromised. You may just want to wipe and reinstall Windows on an erased hard drive.
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