friends computer

MicRaDoT932 · 04-17-2008, 07:49 PM

my friend has a HP computer about 8 yrs old. he uses people pc internet(dial up) and when he gets on it freezes. i was wondering if u guys mght no y it is doing that. thx

adarsh · 04-17-2008, 08:09 PM

It's most probably a malware infection.
I will not be helping you(because I'm still under training), but rather, I'm helping the Mods and all other members.

Download HijackThis to a permanent folder such as My Documents\HijackThis.

After the download is complete, navigate to the folder where you have saved HijackThis.exe .

Double click on HijackThis to open the tool.
Close all other open windows and click on "Do a system scan and save a logfile".
After the scan is complete, please copy and paste your log here.

Thank you

deankenny · 04-17-2008, 08:46 PM

or just not use dial up

OvenMaster · 04-17-2008, 09:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by deankenny

or just not use dial up

When a PC freezes up it has nothing to do with dialup internet access.

Whenever my Win95 DEC system froze up it was from CPU overheating. Yes, a 133MHz Pentium 1. Forcing more air through the heatsink with a piece of cardboard on the fan solved that problem.
Like adarsh says, it could also be a malware infection.
What OS are you using? Any other system specs?
Tom

MicRaDoT932 · 04-17-2008, 10:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OvenMaster

When a PC freezes up it has nothing to do with dialup internet access.

Whenever my Win95 DEC system froze up it was from CPU overheating. Yes, a 133MHz Pentium 1. Forcing more air through the heatsink with a piece of cardboard on the fan solved that problem.
Like adarsh says, it could also be a malware infection.
What OS are you using? Any other system specs?
Tom

ill get the specs from him. but his pc only freezes wen he gets online

oscaryu1 · 04-18-2008, 03:56 AM

When/at what site does it freeze at?

shogunxp · 04-28-2008, 07:43 AM

wild guess could be from whatever software that internet connection is using...could have gotten faulty.

cohen · 04-28-2008, 07:48 AM

What is his internet browser???

Quote:

Originally Posted by adarsh

It's most probably a malware infection.
I will not be helping you(because I'm still under training), but rather, I'm helping the Mods and all other members.

Download HijackThis to a permanent folder such as My Documents\HijackThis.

After the download is complete, navigate to the folder where you have saved HijackThis.exe .

Double click on HijackThis to open the tool.
Close all other open windows and click on "Do a system scan and save a logfile".
After the scan is complete, please copy and paste your log here.

Thank you

Also get him to do this as this could help us all....

oscaryu1 · 04-29-2008, 01:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shogunxp

wild guess could be from whatever software that internet connection is using...could have gotten faulty.

Software can't die or "faultitize" (

)... And although software can freeze the computer, this internet software couldn't do squat except freeze ITSELF.

04-17-2008, 07:49 PM	#1 (permalink)
MicRaDoT932 Bronze Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 70	friends computer my friend has a HP computer about 8 yrs old. he uses people pc internet(dial up) and when he gets on it freezes. i was wondering if u guys mght no y it is doing that. thx __________________ OS:Win XP Pro SP2 CPU:Pentium D Dual 2.66 OC'D to 2.98 PSU:580w Blacksteel Monitor: Proview 19" Widescreen GPU: 7950GT OC 256mb Sound:Sound Blaster Audigy SE HDD: SATA 320GB RAM:2gb Kingston 533

04-17-2008, 08:09 PM	#2 (permalink)
adarsh Platinum Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Dubai Age: 16 Posts: 795	It's most probably a malware infection. I will not be helping you(because I'm still under training), but rather, I'm helping the Mods and all other members. Download HijackThis to a permanent folder such as My Documents\HijackThis. After the download is complete, navigate to the folder where you have saved HijackThis.exe . Double click on HijackThis to open the tool. Close all other open windows and click on "Do a system scan and save a logfile". After the scan is complete, please copy and paste your log here. Thank you

04-17-2008, 08:46 PM	#3 (permalink)
deankenny Platinum Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Weymouth, England, UK Age: 23 Posts: 644	or just not use dial up __________________ Gigabyte P35-DS3L INTEL CORE 2 DUO E6600 @ 2.88ghz 2GB CRUCIAL BALLISTIX 800 DDR2 XFX GEFORCE 8800GTX 768MB

04-18-2008, 03:56 AM	#6 (permalink)
oscaryu1 VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Houston, Texas Age: 13 Posts: 9,856	When/at what site does it freeze at? __________________ Core 2 Duo E2140 1.6GHz @ 3.04GHz GA-P31-DS3L pqi Turbo CL4 DDR2-800 2GB Sapphire HD3850 256MB Sony Writemaster DVD Burner EIDE Seagate Barracuda 80GB 7200.9 8MB SATII

04-28-2008, 07:43 AM	#7 (permalink)
shogunxp Bronze Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 25	wild guess could be from whatever software that internet connection is using...could have gotten faulty. __________________ Intel P4 3.2Ghz w/ HT Tech 240Gb WD Internal HD's + 250Gb External 1Gb Ram Sound Blaster Audigy 2ZS ATi Radeon x1600 512MB Dual 17" Dell LCD Monitors Logitech MX510 WinXP Pro SP2 ah yes....my stuff is old school :]

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