Hi,
Viruses don't cause those symptoms, electrical interference does. They're
full of %$&@ and are only after your wallet. Do you experience the problem
while running on battery or only when plugged in or both? Have you updated
video drivers lately?
Recommending a format and reinstall is their "easy way out".
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"cvolle" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> My laptop has been running great for nearly 2 years. Several weeks ago,
> it began to have flickering horizontal lines flashing across the screen,
> a few at first, but as time went on they filled the entire screen, sort
> of line the rolling screens of TVs, but much faster. Then, as though
> this was just too much activity for it, it would suddenly go black, not
> like the computer went off, but I couldn't activate anything, except do
> a ctrl-alt-deleate restart. It would do that, and sometimes I could
> continue to work.
>
> Sometimes it wouldn't do this for several days. Then it started to do
> it more often and I went out and bought a side drive and backed up all
> my data files. After I had it backed up, I did all the latest system
> updates, thinking that might help. That didn't seem to help and the
> problem continued to get worse, so I decided to take it to the computer
> repair store before I had a major crash.
>
> They ran a diagnostic ($40) on it and ruled out a bad video card and
> monitor screen. Said they were then going to check to see if it was
> caused by a virus. The next day they called me and said it was a virus.
> They said they could remove the virus for $129, but they recommended
> wiping the drive clean and do a reinstall because they said they thought
> the drivers were corrupted and even if they removed the virus, other
> files might be corrupted also.
>
> I decided to hold off and ponder my options. I could wipe my system out
> and do a reinstall myself, for free! Or, I could take my chances first
> and try to remove the virus and perhaps be able to manage reinstalling
> only what seemed to be corrupted, saving myself countless hours of
> trying to reconstruct my entire system, programs, etc.. I decided to
> just go get it and do it myself.
>
> When I showed up to pick up my computer, I asked them what virus they
> had identified that had corrupted my computer. They said they couldn't
> tell me because it was so bad it crashed their virus dectection program
> so they never found out what it was. This sounds fishy to me. How could
> they tell me they could remove my virus if they didn't know what it was?
>
>
> So, before I do anything else, I would like to ask if anyone is aware
> of any viruses that would do this, or what other things could be causing
> this problem, and finally, what recommendations anyone would have to
> restore my computer to stable condition again.
>
> Laptop: 17\" LCD Acer Aspire 7720-6155 w/ Intel Core2 Duo Processor
> OS: Vista Home Premium OEMAct
>
>
> --
> cvolle
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