JTabarlet
02-19-2007, 01:54 AM
My wife has a Toshiba Satellite 1100 bought in 2003. She's running Windows XP Service Pack 2. I installed Spyware Doctor on her computer about a year and a half ago to get rid of a particularly nasty spyware infection that several other programs could not destroy. SD did a fine job and she runs it (or I should say I run it) periodically to keep the computer up to date.
Recently, though, I've had a problem with SD. I ran it several times this afternoon trying to get rid of several assorted malware infections; however, each time I ran it, SD would get between 40% and 70% done and then the computer would simply turn off. If I turned it back on and ran SD again, the same thing happened.
I decided to put SD in Custom mode and run each separate test one by one to see which one(s) was/were causing the problem. The General scanner ran without a hitch (though it didn't find any problems), as did the Host scanner, the Process Scanner, and the LSP Scanner. The Registry scanner did find three problematic entries, completed scanning and deleted the problems. However, when I tried to run Browser Defaults, the machine shut down halfway through--the same thing happened with ActiveX scanner and Browser Activity. I never made it to the Disk Scanner.
I'm thinking that perhaps there is a particularly nasty piece of malware out there that senses that SD is looking for it and shuts down the computer rather than be caught. It's also possible that the computer itself is so screwed that any time SD catches a possible piece of spyware or malware, it simply shuts off.
Any ideas?
Recently, though, I've had a problem with SD. I ran it several times this afternoon trying to get rid of several assorted malware infections; however, each time I ran it, SD would get between 40% and 70% done and then the computer would simply turn off. If I turned it back on and ran SD again, the same thing happened.
I decided to put SD in Custom mode and run each separate test one by one to see which one(s) was/were causing the problem. The General scanner ran without a hitch (though it didn't find any problems), as did the Host scanner, the Process Scanner, and the LSP Scanner. The Registry scanner did find three problematic entries, completed scanning and deleted the problems. However, when I tried to run Browser Defaults, the machine shut down halfway through--the same thing happened with ActiveX scanner and Browser Activity. I never made it to the Disk Scanner.
I'm thinking that perhaps there is a particularly nasty piece of malware out there that senses that SD is looking for it and shuts down the computer rather than be caught. It's also possible that the computer itself is so screwed that any time SD catches a possible piece of spyware or malware, it simply shuts off.
Any ideas?