Windows XP Crash - no bluescreens, nothing at all. It justs shutsdown without any warning. At least twice in two hours.

I just completely describe the scenario below on what happened. Help, please. I'm from areas of technology for 22 years that too with Microsoft Products since 1988, so you can understand my frustration with these issues on windows.

Information:

OS: Windows XP SP3
Update: Everyday - installation Custom patch but still priority all updates first and during the weekends the bottom, otherwise I'll finish by only installing the patches :-)
Software on my computer: Office Professional 2007, Expression Studio 3, Visual Studio 8 SP1, SQL Server 2005 SP2, IE 8, FireFox, Chrome.

(1) three weeks, I suspected that it was a malware based on the behavior of IE 8, which means very slow race, taking too much time processor etc. and finally one of the site hacked with javascript injection, so I thought that something goes wrong.

(2) rebuild the - F11 - machine since the machine is HP, use F11 to rebuild the machine where it formats the entire machine and take him back to the factory settings.

(3) disconnected internet, installed everything I need. COMAST asks its users to install the Symantec Norton instead of McAfee installed so that we were leaving so, full a check found nothing etc. It's not allowed me to install the bulk of the security, if you want to know. System has worked fine for a week.

(4) noticed the same problems last week. Even what is happening, first blammed Norton, then booted in safe mode. Removed Norton, could not bring back my system again. Just, it does nothing or will some kind of loop I think. So I gave up on it.

5) rebuild using F11 - initial factory setting. This time, released the IP from comcast as well because I suspected that someone likes my IP :-) Now, instead of Norton, I installed Windows first and installed security malicious Malware Removal necessary. This tool crashes because it's the end. same questions again. IE 8 slow... etc... tired of this shit.

(6) to rebuild again without anything between comcast and computer (deleted this thing of Vonage in the middle). Disconnected until everything is scanned etc. All hard drives external and everything. This time, I installed Kaspersky Internet Security Suite 2010, hoping that this will solve something that doesn't have Norton and it allows essential security next.

(6) Worked fine for a while and started crashing again, IE 8 give me too many questions. Something common in all scenarios, I found, is it ask again me in IE 8 to install the latest Adobe Player - even if I downloaded from the adobe Web site separately. Something looks bad here for me, not sure. Firefox or Chrome is not that they work very well, but I think that since they wok well, but causing the malware flow and does not ask the user to install the plug-in.

(7) so that everything works very well. This time, I found that I can not access any site Web de Kaspersky Anti-virus except Kaspersky. All other sites such as Symantec, McAfee, Avast, or you name it are not available. They come back with a message that says: this type of request is not served. Kaspersky, I could see, but no style sheet not nothing, at least the content came and it let me download the trial version.

(8) ok. Finally, Kaspersky has found a virus and removed. Same essential security does as well. But now I got it again. Windows XP to break at any time, I can't rely on it more and do not know if someone steals my password.

(9) for more information, I uninstalled essential security I read somewhere that if several anti-virus brings this scenario. No luck, still has the same issues. This time I won't have to rebuild, just mix the windows in the trash and my 22-year career to move to something better, even if I know there is none. But at least away from the computer for a while.

Help.

BhaktaVatsal

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There is a list of the different Forums XP to the link above to help you.

You get the help you need there.

Here is the Vista Forums.

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