Spontaneous Shutdown / reboot

[Dave W]

For the last few days my WinXP Home computer has been
shutting down or restarting on its own , sometimes even
when I'm away from the computer and doing nothing with it.
When it finishes booting I get a message that "Windows
has recovered from a serious error". When I allowed the
automated reporting MS suggested that this was most
likely caused by an Iomega program related to my Zip
drive. I downloaded a patch as per MS instructions, but
this did not help. I then uninstalled the software ane
removed the Zip drive, but the problem persisted. I then
used a drive image program to rewrite my C drive as it
was at the end of April, long before I experienced the
problem, but it is still restarting or shutting down on
its own. I have an external Maxtor one touch USB 2.0
drive and a Sony USB 2.0 external DvD writer, but I have
used both without a reboot happening. On the other hand,
I have noticed that the Maxtor drives lights sometimes
show activity when I'm not using it , but not always.

Any ideas?

Dave W.

 

[Guest]

Im afraid to say you have the sasser virus my friend.

 

[Rob]

Update your virus software, and run a scan. I don't
remember the name of the virus, but those are the
symptoms.