My computer desktop keeps restarting itself?

Question

my desktop keeps restarting itself every couple seconds....is it a virus? and how can i take care of?? im running virus scans...but nothing pops up...plus with it restarting its hard to keep my tool bar up....please help :)...keep in mind its not restarting the whole computer...just the desktop....such as my start/ programs bar that runs along the bottom of the screen.....

Answer 1

I have below a list of several programs that could be of use to you but the main one is a program called ThreatFire which should detect what any virus scans and whatnot are missing and instantly stop it and ask you if it should allow or quarantine it.

-McAfee 12 in 1 Security Center (anti-virus)

or AVG if you want a free program

-Spyware Doctor with AV (anti-spyware)

or Spybot S&D if you want a free program

-PC Tools Firewall Plus(free) (firewall)

-ThreatFire(free) (added virus protection)

-CCleaner(keep computer running pretty good, cleans up history and whatnot)

-Firefox(safe browser)

Answer 2

It sounds like an infection has clobbered your computer...

Since your computer probably has a ton of infections you don't know about, here is my standard cleaning procedure:

Visit http://www.majorgeeks.com

Download, install and run the following:

(drive cleaner)

ccleaner slim (removes junk and temp files so that the scans have fewer files to look through)

(anti-virus) Pick one, some infections disable cleaning programs, so try another until you can start removing the infections.

AVG

AntiVIr

Avast

(anti-spyware) (This first group will detect and remove the worst infections. The 2nd group will clean up the stragglers).

Superantispyware

Malwarebytes Rouge Remover

Malwarebytes anti-malware

Threatfire

spyware doctor starter edition

ad-aware 2008

spybot search and destroy

Counterspy

AVG anti-spyware

Download and run combofix

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/combofix...

Once you get the infections cleaned off, you have to repair the damage.

Download, install and run

http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4899.h...

Dial-a-fix

Go through everything. This will fix a bunch of things that infections love to break. If you still have problems, (parts of windows is broken) you need to do an Windows repair install.

Good luck

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