The rebooting virus name?

[xm5er]

Can someone remind me what it was called?

Whilst having a sort out of old back up discs this morning it would appear that I have unwittingly installed a virus that keeps rebooting my PC.

I restarted in safe mode and did a scan using Norton which turned up nothing.

Any ideas?

[liszt]

xm5er said:

Can someone remind me what it was called? Whilst having a sort out of old back up discs this morning it would appear that I have unwittingly installed a virus that keeps rebooting my PC. I restarted in safe mode and did a scan using Norton which turned up nothing. Any ideas?

Blaster

[JamieBeeston]

If its Blaster, it affects the RPC subsystem, and it WILL display on screen, a warning that the system is going to REBOOT in 30 seconds, and count down.

If this ISNT happening locally, then your problem lies elsewhere.

J

[xm5er]

Jamie, it reboots instantly after log in. I tried a specific blaster remover and it didn't find anything so you appear to be correct.

Any further thoughts?

[JamieBeeston]

Same point every time ?

Blue Screen and Reboot, or just a reset?

instant reset or shutdown of windows?

[Plotloss]

I thought Blaster only invoked a reboot when it detected an internet connection?

[JamieBeeston]

Plotloss said:

I thought Blaster only invoked a reboot when it detected an internet connection?

This doesnt sound like blaster.

[xm5er]

Instant reset.

[xm5er]

Problem solved.

Removed a bit of software that I installed yesterday. Direct CD doesn't work with DVD Rewriters.

Sorry to have troubled you Sirs.