Why do my programs keep closing?

Hi there,

I have Windows Xp and for some reason my programs keep closing. Firefox and OpenOffice are the main ones.

It's really annoying as they just close without any warning.

I would really appreciate some help with this as my virus checker shows nothing.

Thanks

George

May be caused by a virus or other malware infection... What is you antivirus program?

Avira AntiVir.

It says there's nothing and I checked twice.

And thanks for a quick response.

Click Start, run and type cleanmgr enter. Delete all the files checked

As I was typing a thankyou reply it crashed again, so I don't think that solved it.

Do you have any other ideas?

Thanks again.

Does IE crash too?

Yeah, it does.

As Tmagic650 has suggested, it could be a virus or malware infection. My cousin's computer has the same problem and checked for viruses using Avira too but found nothing. I checked again with SUPERAntiSpyware and found loads of infection!

And another thing, does your mouse suddenly move all by itself?

I downloaded the Virus Software abe10tiger mentioned and it seems to have cleared the viruses off.

I'II send another message if it happens again.

Thank you both for your help,

George

Okay George,
glad we could help

Glad we could help you out. Just post something here if something else happens.

I think I spoke too soon as it's done it again.

Hm.... This seems to be serious. I'll let the professionals handle this case 'cause I'm no Pro myself and only know basic stuff.

Do you guys have any new ideas?

Any help is much appreciated?

Make a new topic here : http://www.techspot.com/vb/menu28.html about your problem since it could really be a virus problem. People would be able to help you in that forum.

I'm also not sure but you should also follow these steps: http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic58138.html. You are sure to get a solution to your problems.

Thanks, I'll do that now.

Glad to help. Keep us posted!

and by the way, Welcome to Techspot! Enjoy your stay!

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Thank you.

Have you checked your RAM? Perhaps there is a RAM faliure.