Help plz

Discussion in 'Malware Help (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by cowsatday, Mar 20, 2008.

  1. cowsatday

    cowsatday Private E-2

    Well i just turned on my computer this morning and my monitor has little lines all over objects like an outer glow they like fade into stuff they look sorta whitish but not totally white and i dont know if its a virus or what but can someone help plz?
     
  2. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    Hi


    Without seeing a screenshot if you can attach one of those, I would be guessing in that its "maybe" malware but more so a hardware issue, either the monitor or graphics card would be top two suspects, so to test those out, a few simple steps below....

    Do you have another monitor to plug into your PC ( in a PC not laptop ) as this will narrow it to the monitor or PC. You can on most monitors just unplug it from your PC ( do thurn PC off first ) then you should see some red green blue diagnostics colourbar on the screen if the white lines are still there you have monitor problem and will need a tech to look at it, or excahnged if still under warranty.

    If a CRT monitor, run its degauss if it has one, on the monitor there maybe a button with a horseshoe icon thats degauss.

    Upgrade your Graphics Card drivers.



    and if you suspect Malware as the cause then please run the below.....


    Please follow the instructions in the below link and attach the requested logs when you finish these instructions.

    READ & RUN ME FIRST. Malware Removal Guide
     

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