Everytime I switch on my computer a little box comes on the desktop saying 'Hello World' I have the option of cancelling it or clicking on OK. Don't want to do either for fear of unleashing something nasty. Have loads of anti-spy, anti virus stuff put on by my dad cos he's a bit of an expert unlike me!! So what could it be? Can't ask dad cos he'd do one if I phoned him this time of night!!
2006-10-14 12:37:00 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
If the anti-spyware and antivirus are up to date,seems like you may have a memory resident bug,which re-creates itself at startup.If you are running xp ,try restarting in safemode,then run your protection software,see if it picksup anything then.
2006-10-14 12:42:56 · answer #1 · answered by rdaltonsr 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think the anti-spyware and all of that is the problem because the same thing happened to my computerand when I clicked ok I got tons of viruses{trojan,deique,you name the virus I had it} then I tried to use my spyware to get of the viruses and it cut off and I couldn't get on the computer for 2 weeks and I'm a computer whiz it was dreadful.
2006-10-14 19:46:21 · answer #2 · answered by DeAsia B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you or anyone else on your computer been learning visual basic? Part of the training programme was to create a small, harmless program that just said 'hello world'.
Check you 'start up' folder in the start menu and also run 'msconfig' to see what's selected at start up.
2006-10-14 19:54:40 · answer #3 · answered by gfminis 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Go here and do the online scan. (click Full Service Scan button) It will probably find it and get rid of it. It takes a long time, be patient, but it's REALLY very good. Official Microsoft site.
http://safety.live.com/site/en-US/default.htm
2006-10-14 19:41:54 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Have you ever heard of haunted computers? Some people don't belive in them, but they are real. I had one before. It turned itself on in the middle of the night, the speaker knobs started moving and then they blasted spooky noises, strange messages were appearing on the monitor, I unplugged it and it still ran, and one day this jack-o-lantern face came on the monitor and started laughing and scared the **** out of me. And no, I'm not lying about any of this.
2006-10-14 19:50:03 · answer #5 · answered by Thunor232 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
sounds like a program initiating. if you can get past it without cancelling or approving then go to start-run-msconfig-startup-and look and see if there are any programs running-if so uncheck it and reboot
2006-10-14 19:44:46 · answer #6 · answered by pdudenhefer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a 'welcome' message that's been put on by either you or your Dad.
If you click on it OK, it should open your programs -BUT CHECK WITH YOUR DAD FIRST !
I set mine up to say 'Welcome Frog'.
2006-10-14 19:59:58 · answer #7 · answered by Froggy 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
oh, never heard of that one, hope s/o can help
2006-10-14 19:38:24 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
SORY IAM BRAZIL
2006-10-14 19:45:11 · answer #9 · answered by pam 1 · 0⤊ 3⤋