Help Please

[matthewwvsu]

I've noticed lately that my computer has been acting
strange. It seems almost as if someone else is controling
my computer in the backgroud. For example after a few
minutes of inactivity my screen saver will come on, and a
few minutes later the screen saver will stop and the main
desktop screen comes back on. It doesn't make scence for
this to occure since no one is working at the computer. I
scanned for computer viruses with Norton Antivirus 2002
and found none. It even has the newest virus definitions
and updates installed. I also scanned my computer for
spyware with Spybot Search & Destroy and found nothing.
It too was up to date. I have Windows XP firewall enabled
along with Norton's Personal Firewall. Any suggestions as
to what could be causing my screen saver to stop and the
main desktop screen to come back on for no reason? Please
email me. (e-mail address removed)

 

[Ben M. Schorr, MVP-OneNote]

I've noticed lately that my computer has been acting strange. It seems
almost as if someone else is controling my computer in the backgroud.
For example after a few minutes of inactivity my screen saver will come
on, and a few minutes later the screen saver will stop and the main
desktop screen comes back on. It doesn't make scence for this to occure
since no one is working at the computer. I scanned for computer viruses
with Norton Antivirus 2002 and found none. It even has the newest virus
definitions and updates installed. I also scanned my computer for
spyware with Spybot Search & Destroy and found nothing.
It too was up to date. I have Windows XP firewall enabled along with
Norton's Personal Firewall. Any suggestions as to what could be causing
my screen saver to stop and the main desktop screen to come back on for
no reason? Please email me. (e-mail address removed)

It can be something entirely innocuous. That happened to my machine the
other night; I was sitting 10 feet away and my screen saver suddenly went
off. I discovered that it happened because my wife closed the garage door
and the vibration was enough to make my optical mouse twitch just slightly,
enough to wake the computer.