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Old Jul 21st 2007, 12:30 pm
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Hi Guys,
We initially thought we had a virus (started off that way?!!) ran several programs trying to get rid of the problem.end result now is, The computer keeps shutting down automatically & we are getting 6 random emails from "joe Bloggs" saying-you have a greeting card from a family friend,school mate etc... some are just blank.when you click on it it has an attachment which is always about stock exchange,shares etc...

anyone help us get rid of this

Ps,Hubby has put his work laptop into the computer shop as it just shut down & nothing he done would open it again?

Thanks,Donna.
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Old Jul 21st 2007, 12:37 pm
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Originally Posted by madsad
Hi Guys,
We initially thought we had a virus (started off that way?!!) ran several programs trying to get rid of the problem.end result now is, The computer keeps shutting down automatically & we are getting 6 random emails from "joe Bloggs" saying-you have a greeting card from a family friend,school mate etc... some are just blank.when you click on it it has an attachment which is always about stock exchange,shares etc...

anyone help us get rid of this

Ps,Hubby has put his work laptop into the computer shop as it just shut down & nothing he done would open it again?

Thanks,Donna.
This is a good free programme , not sure if it will help with you problem .

everyone should have it anyway .
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/products/...eec4ab804aea83

try posting in " The lab " .
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Old Jul 21st 2007, 12:45 pm
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Originally Posted by scott&rachel
This is a good free programme , not sure if it will help with you problem .

everyone should have it anyway .
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/products/...eec4ab804aea83

try posting in " The lab " .
Thanx,will give it a go.

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Old Jul 21st 2007, 2:01 pm
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Originally Posted by madsad
Hi Guys,
We initially thought we had a virus (started off that way?!!) ran several programs trying to get rid of the problem.end result now is, The computer keeps shutting down automatically & we are getting 6 random emails from "joe Bloggs" saying-you have a greeting card from a family friend,school mate etc... some are just blank.when you click on it it has an attachment which is always about stock exchange,shares etc...

anyone help us get rid of this

Ps,Hubby has put his work laptop into the computer shop as it just shut down & nothing he done would open it again?

Thanks,Donna.

I have used this place http://www.mytechsupport.ca/ in the past and i found it an amazing help.

You will have to register but its free and the guys are very friendly.

I have seen this problem on this place http://www.mytechsupport.ca/ before i a sure.

If they cnt help you then i dnt know who can !!!

Good luck.
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Old Jul 21st 2007, 2:11 pm
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Originally Posted by Katsmajics other half !!!
I have used this place http://www.mytechsupport.ca/ in the past and i found it an amazing help.

You will have to register but its free and the guys are very friendly.

I have seen this problem on this place http://www.mytechsupport.ca/ before i a sure.

If they cnt help you then i dnt know who can !!!

Good luck.
Thanks,Did give it a try-said page cannot be displayed,but will keep trying! Hubby spent $70 on 2 seperate programes yesterday trying to get rid of the problem-geeze they get their money easy eh
We're the idiots:curse:

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Originally Posted by madsad
Hi Guys,
We initially thought we had a virus (started off that way?!!) ran several programs trying to get rid of the problem.end result now is, The computer keeps shutting down automatically & we are getting 6 random emails from "joe Bloggs" saying-you have a greeting card from a family friend,school mate etc... some are just blank.when you click on it it has an attachment which is always about stock exchange,shares etc...

anyone help us get rid of this

Ps,Hubby has put his work laptop into the computer shop as it just shut down & nothing he done would open it again?

Thanks,Donna.
The emails are spam, delete them, don't even read them.
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Old Jul 21st 2007, 2:21 pm
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Originally Posted by Pollyana
The emails are spam, delete them, don't even read them.
they are not only spam but the attachments contain virus's
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Old Jul 21st 2007, 3:25 pm
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Thanks,Did give it a try-said page cannot be displayed,but will keep trying! Hubby spent $70 on 2 seperate programes yesterday trying to get rid of the problem-geeze they get their money easy eh
We're the idiots:curse:

Donna.
Try googling mytechsupport.ca............that should take you to it.
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Originally Posted by Katsmajics other half !!!
Try googling mytechsupport.ca............that should take you to it.
I have just had a look on there and there are a few posts from ppl with this problem.

when you get there try searching under computer restarting.

Hope this helps.

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Old Jul 21st 2007, 10:54 pm
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Originally Posted by Pollyana
The emails are spam, delete them, don't even read them.
Yip,thats what we've been doing
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Originally Posted by madsad
Hi Guys,
We initially thought we had a virus (started off that way?!!) ran several programs trying to get rid of the problem.end result now is, The computer keeps shutting down automatically & we are getting 6 random emails from "joe Bloggs" saying-you have a greeting card from a family friend,school mate etc... some are just blank.when you click on it it has an attachment which is always about stock exchange,shares etc...

anyone help us get rid of this

Ps,Hubby has put his work laptop into the computer shop as it just shut down & nothing he done would open it again?

Thanks,Donna.
Could the computer be shutting down cos it gets too hot. Too much dust or the fan isnt working properly???
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Could the computer be shutting down cos it gets too hot. Too much dust or the fan isnt working properly???
Maybe? but we definately have a virus,spam problem,cant get rid of these bloody emails
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Maybe? but we definately have a virus,spam problem,cant get rid of these bloody emails
Thats the porn sites youve signed up to.
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Thats the porn sites youve signed up to.
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