Computer might have virus???

Question

whenever I turn on my computer now it will run for about 10 minutes but then it goes to this blue screen for about 2 seconds with alot of words an then restarts??? I need help and it won't stay up long enough to scan...I have windows vista with trend micro security

Answer 1

Blue screen can also be due a hardware problem.

Did you install any new hardware ?

If yes, remove it.

Is your CPU fan working ?

If not, the CPU  will over heat and system automatically shut down.

It could also be a motherboard problem.

You need to return the PC for repair if the warranty is good.

Answer 2

Vista - where are you now. Don't you know that Vista is a bad joke?

I unzipped a 1.8GB zip file on my friend's computer with Vista, it took 17 minutes!!!! incredible!!! 421 files (documents and pictures mostly).

He still had XP, so we restarted and did it again - with XP it took a little over 5 minutes. The 'WOW' starts with XP it seems.

Later, I installed Ubuntu and gave him dualboot Vista/Ubuntu.

With Ubuntu it took 12 seconds to unzip, and show the thumnailed versions of the files on his desktop.

The WOW ends here.

Answer 3

Could be a problem with device drivers, hardware or software. This  problem can be solved by uninstalling new software, updating device drivers and making minor configuration changes . From http://fixit.in/bluescreenofdeath.html . You can also run a free registry scan using utilities from http://re7.info

Answer 4

ouch blue screen of death... yeah you probably got a virus next time make sure you have a good firewall and a good Anti virus  ill give you two links so you can look back later and know were to go until then your only real option unless taking it to a computer tech at best buy or some were look in your yellow pages under computer im sure there is a local computer place in town that has a on hand tech if you have the windows restore cd you can reformat the hard drive yourself  basically saying you are going to reinstall windows back onto the computer and dump every thing on there now deleting the viruses in the process if you dont have the cds you can go and buy windows again at any place that sells computer software

here are the links

firewall

http://www.download.com/Comodo-Firewall-...

anti virus

http://www.download.com/Avira-AntiVir-Pe...

Answer 5

take it to the geek squad, and they will fix the problem

Answer 6

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