and after it turns off i need to wait a couple of minutes b4 i can turn it on again IF I open many programs at once it turns off I have runned My antivirus programs and anti spyware and I find nothing! I suspected of Blast worm but If i recall correctly it displays a window saying the system is going to shut down in some mins...What could be the problem???
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The symptoms you describe could be many things:\n\n1. Most likely, an overheating CPU. That's bad.\n\n2. A loose memory module or other component on the circuit board. That's most likely if the computer has been moved, jarred, etc. or it's a laptop.\n\n3. A loose connection in the power supply or a bad power supply.\n\n4. An electronic problem of some sort, as in an electrical component is failing.\n\n5. Possibly, a loose battery connection or bad battery.\n\nWhatever the case, it needs to go to a geek for diagnosis and cure.
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Try starting your computer in Safe Mode by pressing F8 before Windows starts. Then run a full scan with your antivirus software.
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Your computer could have been heated too much.Try working on it after shutting down your pc for an hour or two.
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I have recently gotten and old ibm and installed win Me and had really bad shutdown issues as well .These were caused by antivirus programs. I could not install any AV at all without problems.It may have been a virus in the computer itself since the hard disk was overwritten 7 times.There is a built in antivirus that you can turn on or off through the bios setup menu .To access press and hold F1 right when you see the ibm screen and hold until you see the setup menu .In the startup options you will see "Virus detection" if it is disabled turn it on,save your settings and exit and  your computer should boot normally if that was the problem.If not turn it off and reboot this time holding down the control key this will give you the boot menu options choose 'safe mode'and enter.This will prevent startup items from loading try a shutdown from safe mode if it works one of your startup items is causing your trouble.Start>Run>type msconfig,enter>choose selective startup.Click the startup tab then disable all entries there except one restart and repeat process until one of these makes your computer misbehave on startup or shutdown when it does you found your culprit.Currently using F-prot antivirus . It dosen't seem to be giving me any problems like the other ones did. Did you upgrade your video card software recently ? Sometimes the upgrade is worse than the old driver.Good luck!!!
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sounds as you have one of the new virus's going around, blocking protection. go here and download for free  http://spywareterminator.com  this is the best of the freebies out there.it will get rid of the virus and then stop from getting again. then after that see if cant turn on updates.AVG is a mediocre antivirus and this one is much better.
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Well, yeah, it sounds like your antivirus program blocked the execution of a malicious script. I'd do a full scan of the system, just to make sure you've killed it dead.
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I think you computer went into stand-by mode. To disable standby, Go to Start>Control Panel>Power Options.\n\nUnder Power Options properties, set power schemes to 'Always On'. You shouldn't have anymore problem after doing this.
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You might have a hijacker. That happened to me when I got my laptop. I am now using "Spyware Doctor". It was rated best by PC Magazine. The great thing about it is that it will either eliminate the problems, or quarantine them until it can fix the problem -- so there is no down time with the computer. And you don't have to worry about making a mistake when you are using it.   \n\nYou can do a Google search, or check it out through PC Magazine. I downloaded mine and had it up and running in less than an hour.
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Check the prefferencees, I seen on it somewhere that it acimatly shuts off when files are done downloading, also if you have a screen saver then it prob. diables your internet when it goes into sceen save mode. So don't let the internet connection be killed whenever it goes into screen saver mode.\n\nif none works run some anti-virese checks
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its either detecting a virus which is deliberately setting this off or your system is over cooking running the virus scanner...\n\nyour pc DOES meet the system requirements doesn't it?\n\nbecause virus scanners are very system heavy especially when actively scanning...\n\nif not, ensure when running the scan that you shut down all non essential programs (yahoo messenger, IE, msn etc etc..)\n\nfailing that, if it is a virus, start the pc up in safe mode (press F8 when you turn the pc on a few times) and from safe mode run the scan from there, safe mode will only open what programs are necessary to have a system operable...
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Well, one problem is its Emachines.  I personally don't like them.  Ive heard alot of bad things, and ive seen a couple of them in person.  Its not the company necessarily, but the parts they use.  \n\nNow, it could be a couple things.  It could be an update that messed things up.  You may have to find and delete it.  \n\nIt could be you have a spyware/adware or something.  But, the only ones that I have ever seen actually shut off your computer.  Ive heard of alot of them, but ive only seen those.  \n\nTry defrag, scandisk, diskcleanup in the Start > All Programs > Accessories > System tools.  Diskcleanup you have to open My Computer, right click on the drive, hit properties, hit the TOOLS tab, then hit scandisk it also says error checking.  \n\nTry this program, Forceshutdown.\n\nhttp://www.download.com/Force-Shutdown/3000-2094_4-8369708.html?tag=lst-0-1\nIt will shut everything down without saying anything.  Its like the normal shut down, but theres no prompts that ask you to shut down, or save information or anything, it just does it.  Ive also found its quicker then the normal shutdown.\n\n\nAlso, run spyware programs, adware programs, virus programs, etc.  \n\nHeres a small list of free ones.  \n\nSpybot :  SEARCH and destroy.  If you find one that is Seek and destroy, DON'T download it, its spyware.  \n\nAdware\n\nAvast or AVG.  Avast is good but it takes another program to delete it fully, AVG is also good.  But I wouldn't run both at the same time, they could counter each other causing problems, nothing major though, just one may freeze.  \n\nYahoo Antispy Toolabar\n\nCCleaner will delete cookies and clear history.  It can also check for Registry problems, but only minor ones.  Youll have to use something like, Ace Utilities for that.  But, if you are unaware of what your doing, I wouldn;t use it.  You can really screw things up if you misuse it by deleting something that is a main file. \n\nAlso, if you don't have a firewall, use Zonealarm (free version).  I dont like Norton or Mcafee, both have problems.  Norton likes to take over the registry and slows stuff down.  Mcafee likes to ask for money, and its also a registry assimilator.  If you pay now, 5 months down the road they ask for your yearly subscription.  \nZonealarm is free and it works.  But, Zonealarm also has a paid version that has alot more features including Virus and Spyware checkers.  \n\n\nHope I helped.
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VIRUS!!! :D or mayybe its ur Ram...has to be one of the two.If its a ram problem tho, the pc usually reboots.Unlike u said..it shutsdown.\nThanks,\nColin.
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So this could simply be an application starting up and then shutting down right away.  Sometimes programs do that in order to accomplish something like quickly check for updates, etc.\n\nIt's a bad design on the programmers side, but it isn't necessarily anything malicious.  Run a spyware/virus check just in case, but I doubt it's a big deal.\n\nAlso, if you are curious, you can use the task manager in windows (hit Control-Alt-Delete just once) and you can see what programs are actually running at the time.  Most you won't recognize, but you can do some quick net searches to find out any ones that look odd.
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It could be a number of things....as I have said a zillion times before, invest in a quality spyware program like Webroot Spysweeper!! it runs the entire time your computer is on....unlike many others which only run when you select them to.
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First thing i would do is unplug it from the net..\n#1:\nMake sure you have ALL CRITICAL updates for Windows/IE. DON'T put it off. Because they are the most widely used OS and browser, they tend to be the main target for malware and hackers.\n\nWindows Updates: http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/\n\n#2:\nIf your antivirus program isn't updated, DO IT NOW! If you don't have one, there are free programs available\n\nGrisoft's AVG: http://free.grisoft.com/freeweb.php/doc/2/\nAnti-Vir: http://www.free-av.com/\nAvast! Home Edition: http://www.asw.cz/eng/down_home.html\n\n#3:\nGet two or three anti-spyware, anti-adware programs and run them AT LEAST once a week. Don't download just any program. Check the site at SpywareWarrior for those that can be worse than what they claim to get rid of:\n\nRogue Antispyware Programs: http://www.spywarewarrior.com/rogue_anti-spyware.htm\n\nThese programs are free:\n\nAdaware: http://www.lavasoft.de/english/default.shtml\nSpybot Search & Destroy: http://www.safer-networking.org/en/mirrors/index.html\n\nIf you download too many programs, however, they can conflict with each other. These two work quite well together.\n\n#4:\nUse a firewall. This is one of the defenses against incoming and outgoing request to/from your pc.\n\nZoneAlarm: http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/catalog/products/sku_list_za.jsp?lid=nav_za\nKerio: http://www.kerio.com/kpf_home.html\n\n#5:\nPlace programs designed to prevent infection in the first place:\n\nSpyware Blaster: http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html\nSpyware Guard: http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareguard.html\n\n#6:\nUse an anti-trojan program. Antivirus programs are NOT designed to get rid of trojans:\n\nTrojan Hunter (30 day trial): http://www.trojanhunter.com/\nTauscan (30 day trial): http://www.agnitum.com/download/tauscan.html\nEwido (free): http://www.ewido.net/en/\n\n#7:\nRun these programs at least once a week, more often if you feel the need. AND KEEP THEM UPDATED. New malware is being churned out EVERY DAY! Good programs put out new definitions on a regular basis. Make sure yours are kept up-to-date.\n\n#8:\nUse an alternate browser. Since IE is such a target, using a different browser for the majority of your surfing is an excellent idea:\n\nMozilla Firefox: http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/\nOpera: http://www.opera.com/\n\n#9:\nIf you don't want to use a different browser, make sure your security settings are set to high. Use a hosts file and IEspyad to help keep IE as safe as possible:\n\nIESpyad: https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/ehowes/www/resource.htm#IESPYAD\nMVPS Hosts file: http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm\n\nThese are also updated as well.\n\n#10:\nI can't say it enough: Keep everything updated AND use them! You won't be protected or get rid of this crap if you let the programs lanquish. What it all comes down to is YOU. It's YOUR computer; you paid money for it. Doesn't it make sense to protect it?\n\nMy motto: ALWAYS PROTECT WHEN YOU CONNECT!
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I suspect that you either have spyware/malware on your system that is slowing it down or you have a bunch of programs/processes being started on your system that he does not. I would get spybot Search and Destroy to check for possible infections and then use the advanced mode start up tool to optimize your system start up. As his machine is the same, you have a good template for what is needed and what is not.
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Sounds bad. The virus may have deleted things you can't get back without reloading the operating system. You could try a system restore. That's not a guarantee. I just crashed my computer using it. I had to reformat. \nGood luck with this one is all I can say. \n.