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January 4th, 2006 16:00

Aggrevating Computer Behavior

My friend has an hp pavilion 753n with XP home. I am starting to think it is haunted, Here is the problem:

 

The computer has rebooted itself several times, she has been just sitting there and it will reboot all on it’s own. This seems like the behavior of a virus yet she has run McAfee, Panda online scan and Norton, none of which have identified a problem other than some spyware. Trend Micro online scan will not run because she gets the same error. Below are her comments:

 

- when trying to enter yahoo chat through internet page the following error occurs : iexplore.exe-Application Error  the instruction at "0x7c901010" referenced memory at"0x0000001c". The memory could not be "read" ,,, ,,, when i click off the error box i get a box saying the IE page has encountered  a problem and needs to close ,,,

 

- when trying to get into yahoo games i get the same as above ,,,

 

- when trying to download java i get the same ,,,

 

- when trying to run trend micro virus scan i get the same Error

 

- I get the same error when trying to play games on most online game sites

 

Her computer also runs very very slow at times.

 

Does anyone have any ideas why the computer would behave this way
  • Ice-blue

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    Posted January 4th, 2006 22:00

    I've had a similar problem with my Windows XP which was was rebooting by itself. I wasn't even able to get to the desktop because it would just turn off again after the Windows logo loads. I called Dell tech support and the tech instructed me to open the tower, take out the RAM and put it back in again(which was really frustrating to put back on) and that fixed the problem.

    But since you were able to get in the desktop, it might be different. I tried looking for it at google but I don't think those that I found can be of any help. And those that are kind of like this are still unanswered. Have you tried to do a system restore on the computer(I started distrusting this method though since it messed up my computer twice)? But you should back up files first if you're able to do so. Or call the tech support?

    As to why her computer is running so slow, well here's a site I found that could have the reasons, but you can mostly find them if you Google it.

    http://www.infohq.com/Computer/help/slow-computer.shtml
  • rwharrod

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    Posted January 5th, 2006 00:00

    could be just a loose memory chip! I have had that problem before, if memory chips are secure, next thing could possibly be power supply starting to go bad.
  • pcdumdum

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    Posted January 5th, 2006 05:00

    Newtonet,  I am no pro with Xp but from what I have heard and seen is that it is not a good idea to have McAfee and Norton software installed on the same pc. Everyone that I know that has tried it ended up with almost the same problems as you have described.  So you may want to try removing some of the anti virus software and see if that helps. It may come down to having to reformat the HD also to correct it.
    Also if your friend is worried about getting viruses online I would only use one of the three that was mentioned and not all. If she/he wants extra protection just get Adaware SE or Spybot SD they are both free downloads. Zone Alarm also has a free firewall download. Just my 2 cents..:smileyhappy:
  • newtonet

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    Posted January 9th, 2006 02:00

    ok, still havent found a solution to this problem. Someone said it could be a new virus or something in the IE add-ons. Anyone see anything out of the ordinary with these add-ons?
     
     add-ons that have been used by internet explorer

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    AcroIEHlprObj class
    ActiveScan Installer Class
    Adobe Acrobat Control
    Aim
    Audio_MID Moniker C
    CNavExtBho Class
    DHTML Edit Control Saf
    HeartbeatCtl Class
    HouseCall Control
    hp toolkit
    HTML Document
    ICQ
    IERPCtl Class
    IWinAmpActiveX Class
    MessengerStatsClient C
    Microsoft Scriptlet Com
    Minesweeper Flags Class
    MJLauncherCtrl Class
    MSN Chat Control 4.5
    MSN Photo Upload Tool
    MsnMessengerSetupDo
    MUWabcontrol Class
    Norton AntiVirus
    Popcaploader Object
    Realplayer G2 Control
    RNGCIECtl Class
    SearchAssistantOC
    Seekford Solutions,Inc
    Shockwave ActiveX Co
    Spybot-SD Internet Ex
    SSVHelper Class
    StadiumProxy Class
    StagingUI Object
    SunJava Console
    TGOnlineCtrl Class
    VIDEO_XMS_ASF Mo
    VIDEO_X_MS_WMV M...
    Windows Genuine Adva...
    Windows Media Player
    Windows Media Player
    Windows Messenger
    WUWebControl Class
    XML Document
    Yahoo! Audio Conferen...
    Yahoo! Audio UI1
    Yahoo! Messenger
    Yahoo! Toolbar
    Yahoo! Toolbar Helper
    Yahoo! Webcam Viewer...
    YInstStarter Class
    YInstStarterUpgrade Cl...
    ZoneBuddy Class
    ZoneIntro Class
    ZonePAChat Object
     
     
    Add-ons currently loaded in Internet Explorer
    AcroIEHlprObj Class
    Aim
    CNavExtBho Class
    hp toolkit
    ICQ
    Norton AntiVirus
    RealPlayer G2 Control
    Shockwave ActiveX Co...
    Shockwave Flash Object
    Sptbot-SD Internet Ex...
    SSVHelper Class
    SunJava Console
    Windows Media Player
    Windows Messenger
    Yahoo! Messenger
    Yahoo! Toolbar
    Yahoo! Toolbar Helper