A message corrected my pc, How

[rhondas]

I had a problem of bbeing able to take my pc off stand by mode even through the power management, and then this happened,;) the last few times your computer was in stand by not responding,would you like to stop this from happening,yes or no I marked yes ,now where did that message come from?? since the message It works fine, but I would like to know who sent it microsoft or windows or what?

[jmtjet]

I don't know of anything with Windows 98 that would give you that message. It runs up a red flag. Do you have a firewall installed? If so, I'd look for suspicious activity recorded by the firewall. An free on-line scan from one of the security firms might reveal any spyware that has have gotten installed without your knowledge. Housecall is a good one;
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/

Hope this helps.

[Miz]

Did you make note of what the message window said in its title bar? Was it an Internet Explorer window?

[rhondas]

Did you make note of what the message window said in its title bar? Was it an Internet Explorer window? @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ I didnt take notice,I think I was to happy to have it resolved I just clicked yes.Thanks next time it happeneds Ill look.;)

[rhondas]

I don't know of anything with Windows 98 that would give you that message. It runs up a red flag. Do you have a firewall installed? If so, I'd look for suspicious activity recorded by the firewall. An free on-line scan from one of the security firms might reveal any spyware that has have gotten installed without your knowledge. Housecall is a good one;
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/

Hope this helps.@@@@@@@@ can I uninstall it after I download it ,and what is it going to tell me ,If I have some unwanted spywear?? ,How do I get rid of the unwanted spaywear? Thanks never did this before

[z1p]

Thats built into Windows 98. There are issues with standby, especially with win98. So, MS added logic to detect problems with standby and give you a choice to disable it. I had a Gateway PC that did the same thing. Nothing to worry about.

[rhondas]

Thats built into Windows 98. There are issues with standby, especially with win98. So, MS added logic to detect problems with standby and give you a choice to disable it. I had a Gateway PC that did the same thing. Nothing to worry about..........Thanks for the information about stand by.:thrilled: