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• My computer randomly shuts down due to thermal overheating.
  

  Yeah. I’ve seen it before but you aren’t giving us very many details. How do you know it is thermal overheating? When was the last time you cleaned your computer out? Is your computer stored in a ventilated area, or shoved into a small corner with no ventilation?
  - written 4 months, 1 week ago

• My computer is messed up.
  

  The extent to which this person’s computer has been compromised reminds me of a trojan I helped another friend with a week or so ago. Perhaps my terminology is off but that really isn’t the point of this all. What makes you ask such an question?
  - written 4 months, 1 week ago

• My computer is messed up.
  

  Yeah, it is no fun to be in this situation. At this point it does take a bit more technical knowledge to recover. I forgot to ask, are you running windows XP, Vista, Mac OSX, Linux? If you are running Vista it could have something to do with the service pack 1 that was recently released. Either way, if you can’t install programs on your computer you are going to need to find an alternative path to completing a virus scan.
  
  One approach is to re-install your entire computer but you would lose all of the files currently on the computer(unless you are able to burn a cd or us a flash drive). Depending on your set-up this could lead to problems of finding the proper drivers to get your computer running with Windows XP or Vista.
  
  Like I suggested before I would seek out more knowledgeable help that is near by or available via the phone.
  - written 4 months, 1 week ago

• My computer is messed up.
  

  Well it sounds like you’ve managed to get a trojon virus somehow. I would suggest attempting to install some anti-virus that sweeps your harddrive before windows boots. Go download AVG Free 8.0 from –> http://free.grisoft.com/ww.download?prd=afe If you can manage to install this software set it up to do a scan before the next boot (restart).
  
  If this doesn’t work I would suggest finding a friend with some knowledge on the subject to help you through some more advanced approaches (e.g. removing harddrive and scanning in another computer, booting linux onto the computer to virus scan, etc…)
  
  I hope this helps.
  - written 4 months, 1 week ago

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