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pitchoune2312
2007-01-23, 14:21
Hi
Hope you can help! I have a wondow Xp home and have run a few time spybot and about half way it has shut downt the whole computer.:sick:
I have runned HJT and here is the log file
thank you for your help:bigthumb:
Pitch

md usa spybot fan
2007-01-23, 15:06
Please note this pinned (sticky) thread:
Please do NOT post hjt logs in the Spybot forum, see here for link to malware removal
http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=1266
The problem probably has nothing to do with what else is running in your system along with Spybot. Besides that, although I am no expert, the HijackThis looks pretty clean to me.

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Spybot is quite CPU intensive. It is possible that the CPU overheating and the system is shutting down to protect the processor.

Skeptical? If you doubt that this can be the cause of a shutdown during a Spybot scan and other CPU intensive scans, read the following:
Spybot causes shut down (Solution - Blew out heat sink)
http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=2163
PC crashes while Spybot is running (Solution - Blew out heat sink)
http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=2230
Spybot wont run (Solution – Vacuumed the fan ["hovering the fan" actually])
http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=2685
spybot related shutdown (Solution – Member did not specify the corrective action taken, but did comment: "Success!!!! Yes!!! It worked. Thats amazing.")
http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=3796
spybot shuts down computer while scanning (Solution – Fixed loose heat sink)
http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=4582
Suggestions:
Make sure that the fans are running and that dust is cleared from any ventilation ports in the case.
For desktops (See Caution! below):
Consider opening the case and checking to make sure the CPU heat sink is not dusty or loose. There is a tutorial on cleaning desktop computers here:
Cleaning the Interior of your PC
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/tutorial118.html
For laptops (See Caution! below):
If your owner's manual tells you how to open the case (IBM ThinkPads and Dell Inspirons generally do), consider opening the case and checking to make sure the CPU heat sink is not dusty.
If you have a laptop with one of the one of the following processors:
Mobile Pentium III-M
Mobile Pentium 4-M
Mobile Pentium 4
Mobile Pentium M / Centrino
Mobile AMD
Take a look at following suggestion by 100mill (http://forums.spybot.info/member.php?u=2965):
Notebook CPU running hot during Spybot scan
http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=1816
Caution!
Before open the case on any PC make sure that you read the owner's manual for that specific PC. This is extremely important not only for your well being due to electrical hazards but also for your PC's well being due to the possibility of static electricity discharges that can damage your PC.
If you are in the least bit hesitant about opening the case of your PC, please err on the side of caution and seek professional help.

pitchoune2312
2007-01-24, 11:55
thank you so muc for you help!
Well for some reaason I feel my laptop always run very hot so it could the problem in the first place, but then I have also all those pop up window coming at any given time! and have all those nice program to gt rid of them and it does but they alway come back! so anyway I am ready to reload the puter again I think!
I will try a few thing before I do that thoug! thank you again for you help
Cheers
Pitch