Virus ? maybe [Help]

classicVin · 21 Feb 2009 at 16:39

Hey guys,

Having a little problem where my cd drives keeps opening and closing at random intervals (not particularly fast). But i have hardly used it and also its not even that old ( 1/ 2 years). Its some samsung lightscribe thing (IDE).
It 1st started happening when i was playing a game (counterstrike 1.6).
And it really **** me up

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The button doesnt seem to work on the front, to close it and open it, so i have to push it in. If i go to my computer i can still right click then go to "eject" that still works. But its so random, i dont understand it.
some times it would open and close every minute, then sometimes it would do once everyhour.

The only recent bit of software i have downloaded was bbc iplayer downloader (which is p2p).

So yeah, i dont really have a clue, THATS WHERE YOU COME IN!

Please help,

The things i have tried so far:

Spybot s&s
Cccleaner ( ran the registry fixer thing on it)
And currently doing a Virus scan with AVG (seems to take forever

Btw, my o/s is VISTA

Cheers,

Vin

theheyes · 21 Feb 2009 at 16:48

Haha, now that is weird. I remember the old "click here for free cupholder" joke but I've not seen that for a while!

You might want to try an online scan that is better than AVG http://www.kaspersky.co.uk/virusscanner

However, it's interesting that you mention the button does not work on the front. It might be something as simple as a fault on that particular mechanism.

Good luck with it!

classicVin · 21 Feb 2009 at 16:53

Thanks for the help bud, But i dont understand how the front button can suddenly stop working when this happens, as i said, i have hardly used it so its not as if the button has got warn out, or the solder came loose :/

very strange, i think i shall do one of the those online scans now,

Thanks

classicVin · 21 Feb 2009 at 17:58

this kaspersky thing will take forever :/

its on 6% after 50mins :/

malef!c · 22 Feb 2009 at 17:17

Ah all I remember now is the old Sub-7 trojan thing, hours of japery with that one.
Hope you find the cause soon

TomElZ · 22 Feb 2009 at 17:25

To be honest I don't think it will be a virus. Could be wrong.

But if your anti virus or anti spyware program isn't detecting anything then the chances are its a hardware fault.

A virus that is designed to simply do that would probably be easily detectable IMO.

classicVin · 22 Feb 2009 at 22:25

bump for help

right, its doing it at the most random of times, started doing it again now :/

But i cant see how it could be a hardware fault if nothing has even touched it or knocked it ect :/

I think i may just end up buying another dvd drive,

do these sata drives work on most, if not all sata motherboards ? I would love to get rid of this bloomin great ide cable

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Thanks

theheyes · 22 Feb 2009 at 22:36

A SATA drive will work, and if it still happens you'll know it's something rogue on the software side.

russ0r · 23 Feb 2009 at 00:18

You could try unplugging the IDE cable from the drive. Then you know whether your computer is telling it to eject or its just the drive spazzing out.

classicVin · 23 Feb 2009 at 18:07

russ0r said:
You could try unplugging the IDE cable from the drive. Then you know whether your computer is telling it to eject or its just the drive spazzing out.

i thought this at work today

, going to try it now, hopefully it will keep going, otherwise i have a major problem

classicVin · 23 Feb 2009 at 18:17

Yey! It has kept going

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thankfully not a great big trojan :]

theheyes · 23 Feb 2009 at 18:46

Hah, I suspected the hardware might be at fault. Looks like you'll get to treat your computer to a nice new optical drive. Keep the IDE cable though, I always have one spare and it's saved me a few times.