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Windows Sort of Stops Working From Time to Time
I previously started a thread about this at:
Determine what happens on start up
But that's 9 days ago. I apologize if I should NOT start a new thread instead of adding to the old one.
The issue is that from time to time, say at least once an hour or more, certain functions on the computer stop. I cannot access the Internet. I cannot ping. I cannot launch a new application. If I am already in, say, Word, I can continue to edit that file. But of course I cannot print. Originally when this started, it seemed to last as much as 20 minutes. Now it lasts about 1 minute. I've tried to write a batch file which will ping Google endlessly and note the times but that didn't work (it echoed the time, then pinged, then echoed the time, but the time didn't change:
echo off
set i=
FOR /L %%i IN (1,1,3) DO (
echo %time%
ping Google
echo %time%
)
Anyway, a friend of mine who is in IT Support thinks this is an SMM virus. That would be very bad news (I think). I've run MalwareBytes and Kaspersky and also Combofix and they all report no problems.
Does anyone have an idea where to go from here?
As for the ping failure, the cable modem appears to continue to work in that my WiFi is not affected by this.
I am running an app called AirAndroid (just started about 3 days ago, so well after this problem started). And even though just now my session seemed to freeze, this app correctly popped up a message (it does when I get a text message on my phone). So 1) the Internet connection is working and 2) apps can work. Just not when they are initiated by user action.
(10:18AM) And this morning seems much worse. It's happened 6 times (at least), already. The last one at least 4 minutes.)
RON
Last edited by RC5000; 27 Jan 2016 at 10:18. Reason: new infomation