computer crashing/help sponge

[Mr. Sandman]

I'm am posting this here because this is where I found the information
too change the configs that are now causing me a problem. I am running
XP and K-melon browser. Well I followed sponges guide for securing my
computer too the letter. I have the Proxomitron, DNS Kong and Sponges
list 3 for Kerio. Now sometimes when I go too a new web page I get a
blue screen and my computer re boots. Any Ideas?

[Mr. Sandman]

"Adriano" <ashuat@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:4ok4mvgrorhngems0f8nh85lkv0dfdl2tf@4ax.com...
> Hi,
> I think I have taken a virus, in fact every 10 minutes of navigation
> in Internet, my PC automatically reboots.
> My antivirus found a virus but it has not succeeded in putting it in
> quarantine. I have manually deleted it in "Attach" of Eudora.
> I have run the tools to eliminate "Sobig" and "Lovsan" viruses but
> they have not found anything. I have run again the antivirus but
> nothing of nothing.
> Which virus could I have taken?

Not everything is a virus. If you're using XP, it has a nasty feature
enabled by default. If you go into System Properties, Advanced and
then
Settings for Startup and Recovery, you'll see an option to
automatically
reboot. Keep in mind this won't prevent you from experiencing SOME
kind of
error; your system just won't reboot anymore.

-Tim


> Thanks.
>
> bye Adriano

This might be the answer

[sponge]

Mr. Sandman <IBEW_Wireman@union.yes> wrote in message news:<d5i4mvc63h6s13ijvuui6i4327mpkls871@4ax.com>. ..
> I'm am posting this here because this is where I found the information
> too change the configs that are now causing me a problem. I am running
> XP and K-melon browser. Well I followed sponges guide for securing my
> computer too the letter. I have the Proxomitron, DNS Kong and Sponges
> list 3 for Kerio. Now sometimes when I go too a new web page I get a
> blue screen and my computer re boots. Any Ideas?

Aside from the other posters(?) advice, it could well be a
virus/trojan, one that your anti-virus software doesn't recognize.

I'm also thinking it may have to do with your system's being able to
access the net. Have you allowed SVCHOST.EXE to access the net thru
Kerio?

Sponge
Sponge's Anti-Spyware Source
www.geocities.com/yosponge

[Lance Delacroix]

On Fri, 12 Sep 2003 22:38:43 GMT, Mr. Sandman <IBEW_Wireman@union.yes>
prounounced a fatwah thus:

>I'm am posting this here because this is where I found the information
>too change the configs that are now causing me a problem. I am running
>XP and K-melon browser. Well I followed sponges guide for securing my
>computer too the letter. I have the Proxomitron, DNS Kong and Sponges
>list 3 for Kerio. Now sometimes when I go too a new web page I get a
>blue screen and my computer re boots. Any Ideas?

ANY new web page, or specific web pages?

[Mr. Sandman]

On Sat, 13 Sep 2003 16:57:27 +0300, Lance Delacroix
<lance_delacroix@fastmail.fm> wrote:


>ANY new web page, or specific web pages?

No specific or new web pages. It appears too be a random event.

Aside from the other posters(?) advice, it could well be a
virus/trojan, one that your anti-virus software doesn't recognize.

I'm also thinking it may have to do with your system's being able to
access the net. Have you allowed SVCHOST.EXE to access the net thru
Kerio?

Sponge
Sponge's Anti-Spyware Source
www.geocities.com/yosponge

I don't appear too have a rule for SVCHOST.EXE. Also I haven't had the
problem yet since I disabled the automatic reboot feature. But since
this was a random experience I will give it some more time. I will
also add a rule for the above file.

[Lance Delacroix]

On Sat, 13 Sep 2003 15:14:02 GMT, Mr. Sandman <IBEW_Wireman@union.yes>
prounounced a fatwah thus:

>On Sat, 13 Sep 2003 16:57:27 +0300, Lance Delacroix
><lance_delacroix@fastmail.fm> wrote:
>
>
>>ANY new web page, or specific web pages?
>
>No specific or new web pages. It appears too be a random event.

Try using Mozilla instead of K-meleon and see what happens. I think I
had wierd probs with K-m, too. Finally stopped using it.

[Mr. Sandman]

On Sun, 14 Sep 2003 12:54:26 +0300, Lance Delacroix
<lance_delacroix@fastmail.fm> wrote:

>On Sat, 13 Sep 2003 15:14:02 GMT, Mr. Sandman <IBEW_Wireman@union.yes>
>prounounced a fatwah thus:
>
>>On Sat, 13 Sep 2003 16:57:27 +0300, Lance Delacroix
>><lance_delacroix@fastmail.fm> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>ANY new web page, or specific web pages?
>>
>>No specific or new web pages. It appears too be a random event.
>
>Try using Mozilla instead of K-meleon and see what happens. I think I
>had wierd probs with K-m, too. Finally stopped using it.

I just crashed again, took quite a while, like I said this has been a
random event. Dont think changing browsers is the answer as this has
happened with different browsers. I think it is in the networking
congig.

[sponge]

On Sat, 13 Sep 2003 15:14:02 GMT, Mr. Sandman <IBEW_Wireman@union.yes>
wrote:

How's your disk space? Windows gets real screwy when it gets low on
disk space. And even half a gig is low by Windows standards. You can
run scandisk (or whatever the equivalent is in XP) to check it out;
sometimes you have a lot less than the OS reports.

If that doesn't work, try shutting off the firewall for a bit. You can
disable it from running at startup from the Adminstration - >
Miscellaneous menu. This and the NetBIOS config is the only thing from
my page that could potentially cause a system crash or reboot (short
of something extraordinary, like a bad file write.)

I'm also curious to know what you have running. Get HiJackThis! to
find out and post a log here.

Sponge
Sponge's Anti-Spyware Source
www.geocities.com/yosponge

[Mr. Sandman]

Is there a way too check logs? Then I could find out "why " I am
crashing?