re: Me doesn't shut down completely on command
Friday, May 2, 2003 at 9:53 am
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Posted by L.B. Withem
(1 messages posted)
I have shutdown problems twice.Both times It was a hardware problem.The first time
my cdrw went bad and I think it was writing to the drive.Fix was change cdrw.Second
time was recently with a new dsl modem.(2wirebrand) went bad after only 6 hours of
use 2wire determined it was bad and sent another in only 3 days.I uninstalled software
and browser software too,still wouldnt shutdown .Fix restore to before installation.new
modem reinstall software.Works great now.
On Saturday, March 1, 2003 at 12:39 pm, Tim wrote:
>Well I figured it out! My problem at least. I hope the list that follows will help
>someone else too. (Ref. Below)
>
>1) I noticed a file trying to connect to my network but my firewall was not letting
>it. The file name was "cmd32.exe". It was really bogging my system down too. Then
>I noticed it was happening when I used Kazaa, peer 2 peer. I thought about it and
>remembered I downloaded a screen saver from Kazaa and clicked on the file and nothing
>happend, or so I thought!
>
>2) I checked my system monitor and my Kernel Prosessor Usage was running @ 100%
non-stop!
>
>3) I went to Google and looked up "cmd32.exe" and I came to a site that said it
was
>a Trojan.
>
>4) I looked to see if I still had the trial Trojan Remover Program I downloaded
and
>I did. I installed it and ran the update, then I ran the scan! It found all the
files
>and tried to rename them. It was able to do some but some were in use. So it needed
>to do a restart. Before I clicked to restart I noticed it said trojans will sometimes
>prevent shutdowns! Ah ha!!!! BINGO!!!!
>After I had to shut the power switch off and rebooted, it renamed the rest of the
>files!
>
>3) I unplugged my cable modem turned off all but my Anti-Virus and my Firewall and
>ran Scan Disk. Then I defragged my system and I have been error free since. I have
>shut down and restarted several times. No problems.
>
>Refferences:
>Firewall - Free - (http://www.sygate.com/)
>Anti-Virus - Free - (http://www.grisoft.com/)
>Trojan Remover - Trial - (http://www.simplysup.com/)
>
>I hope this helps someone else!
>Tim
>
>
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