Solved My Win7 laptop suddenly rebooted should i Worry?

[malwarekiller]

Hi guys!
I was just surfing on youtube watching some vids my ampdan1 and my laptop unexpectedly got rebooted without even my consent...this has never happened before... should I worry? ..any ideas what could be the cause?? i installed a update for my win7 by microsoft update today..

 

[Malware Maniac]

Was there anything else. What did you have in the background? Any Antivirus? Any installations? Did a program prompt you to restart earlier? Is your version of Windows 7 activated? Did you have an infection before the restart?

Sorry for some many questions. Got to know more to help.

I don't know what part of MalwareTips this would go. Since it is not a virus removal (as far a I know).

 

[malwarekiller]

nope! i use avast free from past 2 years with comodo D+...i checked the event logs nothing in there...and this is a absolute genuine and clean win7 and i never had this happening and only chrome was open

 

[Deleted member 178]

My theories:

1- An application silently updated and installed itself and need a reboot, so no need to worry.

2- Like it happened to me, my computer shutdown by itself then everything works fine after, and 1 week later my power unit was dead...

 

[malwarekiller]

My theories:

1- An application silently updated and installed itself and need a reboot, so no need to worry.

thats a good explanation

2- Like it happened to me, my computer shutdown by itself then everything works fine after, and 1 week later my power unit was dead...

Now u are scaring me :shok:

 

[malwarekiller]

can this be the reason?? i installed a windows update today and i didnt reboot the computer since it didnt tell me to??

 

[Deleted member 178]

It may be surely the reason, since Windows may do it automatically 4h after the update was installed. A popup appears after a while if you don't reboot by yourself, it ask you if you want reboot now, in 4h (checked by default if i remember), or later.

 

[Tom172]

can this be the reason?? i installed a windows update today and i didnt reboot the computer since it didnt tell me to??

Usually when a Windows Update requires a reboot, it will prompt you in the bottom right hand corner for permission to restart. It's possible it decided not to ask and just rebooted anyway.

I presume you ran some AV scans after your computer rebooted?

 

[malwarekiller]

It may be surely the reason, since Windows may do it automatically 4h after the update was installed. A popup appears after a while if you don't reboot by yourself, it ask you if you want reboot now, in 4h (checked by default if i remember), or later.

It didnt prompt me to reboot though after updating....I also found a piece of thick cloth blocking the fan vents down my laptop and I just moved it away and cleaned the vents :shy: and why should i run a AV scan??

I already ran hitman pro,MBAM and Norton power eraser last night and came clean [As always] and i did also run HMP and the todays incident and again green signal was given

 

[Tom172]

I already ran hitman pro,MBAM and Norton power eraser last night and came clean [As always] and i did also run HMP and the todays incident and again green signal was given

What's with the paranoia then? everything has come back clean.

 

[Deleted member 178]

I also found a piece of thick cloth blocking the fan vents down my laptop and I just moved it away and cleaned the vents

Ah surely a safety reboot because the heat, so move on, no need to worry since you already did many scans.

 

[malwarekiller]

What's with the paranoia then? everything has come back clean.

Yeah! u can call me that...honestly i am real paranoid :lol:...but this was like a heartburn..i am the one who likes to bang their head for small small things...

so its like i am from the headbangers clan:dash1:

 

[Plexx]

One question since out of nowhere reboots can be due to hardware failure: is your hardware performance the same as always? mainly Hard disk/graphics card/ram?

 

[samit]

i did install same update today...but it didn't require me to restart the computer...so the issue must be something else...

 

[malwarekiller]

One question since out of nowhere reboots can be due to hardware failure: is your hardware performance the same as always? mainly Hard disk/graphics card/ram?

really?? i have nothing on this laptop no app no games almost empty...so its probably over-heating i guess

 

[Ink]

Let's see, in what condition / climate do you use your laptop? Do you leave you laptop on a soft surface, what's the room temperature? etc

What about buying one of those laptop coolers?

 

[malwarekiller]

Let's see, in what condition / climate do you use your laptop? Do you leave you laptop on a soft surface, what's the room temperature? etc

At current point its summer here in india 37C is the temperature...And my laptop is on a wooden table :shy:

 

[Deleted member 178]

Your case his really similar to my power unit issue, the weather was really hot (Vietnam is near India), i was on a wooden table, and when i touched the area near the plug of my laptop, it was unusually hot.

Maybe you should, as said Earth, buy a external laptop cooler.

 

[malwarekiller]

Your case his really similar to my power unit issue, the weather was really hot (Vietnam is near India), i was on a wooden table, and when i touched the area near the plug of my laptop, it was unusually hot.

Maybe you should, as said Earth, buy a external laptop cooler.

Hi forum friends,I had some empty floppy disk cases from 2003 i using them to make gap on the bottom.

I will report in 24 hours how it is working out :shy:

 

[muhammadariif]

Is there any error messages appear after the computer reboot? If yes, it could be a Blue Screen.