i was surfing the internet last night when suddenly my pc restarted!!! and when it restarted i just turned it off because something bad might happen. this is the first time that such a thing happened to my pc. what do you think is the reason why this happened? is there a virus in my pc? omg i'm scared!!! i'm really taking care of my pc. i always shut it down properly so why would it restart automatically???
2007-10-04 19:39:35 · 7 answers · asked by Christian M 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
Ther MIGHT be a virus but you can't say for sure. The web-site you openned might have had a command that makes your computer restart. A FEW WEBSITES HAVE THEM. A few programmers try to scare people by making these things when they are sure that all viruses they create will be blocked
2007-10-04 20:00:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You could have a brown out. Too many electrical units plugging into the same outlet can cause a restart. Did you recently add some electrical components to the same outlet where your PC is plugged in?
2007-10-04 19:47:36 · answer #2 · answered by Richard_CA 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hey,
I got a worm that did the exact same thing to my computer in the past. Maybe thats what u got too...
Try downloading a free spyware remover at:
http://www.safer-networking.org/
Also try downloading a free antivirus:
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/2/lng/us/tpl/v5
2007-10-04 19:52:10 · answer #3 · answered by Matthew T 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. You have a best guess it might be the virus.
You can download a free antivirus from http://free.grisoft.com/doc/2/lng/us/tpl/v5
2007-10-04 19:43:21 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is also a possiblibily that your hard disk is going to die. so if you have important data please do a back up asap, otherwise you might find out later you even can't boot up the hard disk, if that is the case you may want go to this company for a data recovery http://www.cbltech.com.sg
2007-10-04 20:53:33 · answer #5 · answered by Black Angel 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your fans might be on the way out - read this:
http://askbobrankin.com/computer_restarts_itself.html
2007-10-05 02:51:52 · answer #6 · answered by TheHumbleOne 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
could be windows update downloaded an update and need to reboot check your windows update setiings history see when the last update was.
2007-10-04 19:48:23 · answer #7 · answered by abujooj 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋