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by rgallagher

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My friend's computer has been turning itself on about 10-15 minutes after shut down. I'm wondering what the cause might be? After some resarch I found that he got this virus JS.Exception.Exploit on his machine could this be the problem? Any help in getting rid of this virus would be appreciated as well. Thanks

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by jrverden

If your friend Is on a network In the PC BIOS the Power on Lan or Remote power on option might be enabled. just go Into BIOS and disable this feature.

by thechas

I didn't look up what the virus does, but I would start by removing it.
Check out the knowledge bases at both Symantec, and McAfee for removal information.

Your friend then needs to install and maintain some anti-virus software.
Both Norton, and McAfee post updates at least once a week.

As to the power up issue, I don't suspect the virus, UNLESS, it is one that also infects the BIOS.
If it does infect the BIOS, you may have a lot of trouble getting rid of it.
The safeset way would be to buy a new BIOS chip for the mother board.

I would start with the wakeup events in the Power management section of BIOS settings.
Options may include:
Wake on LAN,
Wake on Ring,
Wake on Keyboard,
Wake on Mouse

Chas

by d_pking

Just smoking too much....haha, the machine is in a stand-bye state. Or your machine has been captured by aliens and you will lose sleep; but what is it doing when it comes back on?
Get rid of the virus is always a good suggestion, a faulty power on/off switch will also confuse the mind....machine.

by rgallagher

Thanks for every ones advice and humor on this matter, but your suggestions didn't seam to do the trick. So is there anything else I can try?

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