My mom's computer will all of a sudden practically stop everything, and those loading noises, you know, the ones you normally hear?.. they start making a little beat, i don't get it. it's the same thing over and over again. Is this some sort of virus?
2006-11-16 13:42:41 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
It's hard to say for certain. I'd guess one or more of four things, beginning with the most likely: the page file is too small, the hard drive badly needs to be defragged (and probably has a lot of junk on it), the hard drive is going bad, the onboard drive controller is going bad.
Try increasing the size of the paging file first. Then try a drive cleaning utility (the kind that gets rid of junk files for you), then defrag the drive. If not then then try a new hard drive. If not that, then that PC needs a new motherboard.
Those are my best guesses.
2006-11-16 13:53:16 · answer #1 · answered by Roasted Kiwi 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Computer viruses don't affect the hardware. I'd guess either the fan is going bad, or the hard drive itself is not spinning as it should. This could be the beginning of the end for that computer. Back up all important data onto disks right away.
2006-11-16 13:45:47 · answer #2 · answered by MOM KNOWS EVERYTHING 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had the same problem & it was the cheap (free) pop-up blocker I downloaded. It would block a pop-up & freeze making the same noise again & again. I guess it could be a virus...do you have Ad-Aware?
2006-11-16 13:46:15 · answer #3 · answered by Edward J 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
probably if you do have virus protection than no but some old computers just do that like 95 and 2000of windows and yes viruses can do this if you dont have protection buy some mcafee norton symantec kaspersky but mcafee is the best
2006-11-16 13:49:45 · answer #4 · answered by BLAKE T 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probly have an older hard drive. The loading noises your talking about i have heard while using older/slower HD.
Also could be your fans. freezing up can be caused by overheating. my guess thou is Hard drive.
2006-11-16 13:46:36 · answer #5 · answered by goldwelp 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If your computer is not working properly while you are working on it, it could be a problem with device drivers, hardware or software.
Detailed instructions at http://tinyurl.com/yk5zpr
2006-11-17 05:13:33 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is called "lagging" and she is running too many programs, needs a disck clean up, or doesn't have enuf ram/virtual memory, my older computer has the same problem
2006-11-16 13:44:32 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
sounds like a virus to me....i'd have someone check it out ,that specialized in that kind of stuff
2006-11-16 13:45:10 · answer #8 · answered by curious1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋