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Posted by Mees de Roo on March 30, 2007, 6:05 pm
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from the disk-properties menu). 9 out of 10 that's sufficient! I wonder why
and when they stopped running that automatically after a system crash, but I
have not seen it for quite a while.
Mees de Roo
> On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 11:17:10 +0200, Francesca Baslen wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> A few says ago my Windows XP session suddenly shut down.
>> I immediately started a complete system scan (with Norton Internet
>> Security), but XP shut down again during the scan. I tried again in safe
>> mode - same thing!
>> My impression was that when the AV scan arrives at a certain file, the
>> system shuts down. I unistalled NAV and installed Avast. The first scan
>> upon install was performed to the end (no virus found), but shortly
>> afterwards Windows shut down again.
>> Each time this shutdown happened during or just after a system scan,
>> when Windows restarts and the hard disk is checked, I get messages
>> telling me that the "allocation unit size is incorrect" for a few files
>> related to antivirus (either Norton at my first attempt, then Avast).
>>
>> Has anybody any idea regarding this issue?
>
> You "could" have malware on your machine, but, it's also possible that
> you've got a bad drive or that your computer is over heating - have you
> checked the fans to make sure they are clean of dust? How about the CPU
> heatsink, it needs to be cleaned also? How about the front/back/side vents
> on your computer case?
>
> If both of those (norton and avast) say you're clean, then there is a good
> chance that you've got other problems.
>
> Have you tried running a scan in Safe Mode?
>
> --
> Leythos
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