# OK, now my computer has gone insane! **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 28, 2001, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-now-my-computer-has-gone-insane/95639 "2001-11-28T02:45:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2001, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-now-my-computer-has-gone-insane/95639/1 "2001-11-28T02:45:05Z")
I was having trouble with my computer restarting while online. Now this happens: I log on and go to a website, for example, Ebay. When I try to log in there, the program locks up. I reinstalled AOL 6.0, but it does the same thing every time. If I try to go through IE 5.5, the same thing happens. I am forced to ctrl-alt-del the system and kill AOL and/or IE. This started last night (11/26). I fear that I have a sinister virus although none has been detected. I DO NOT want to reformat and recover, but that may be the last result. What sucks is that I have lost my “favorite places” folder. I had backed up AOL 5.0 to a CDRW about a week ago. Attempts to copy that back to the hard drive failed because the file “amsvcr.dll” was corrupted. What the heck happened? ---
**Author:** ![mblackwell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5fc32e/32.png) [@mblackwell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mblackwell)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2001, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-now-my-computer-has-gone-insane/95639/2 "2001-11-28T02:59:36Z")
If you think its a virus, download the free DOS version of F-Prot from [http://www.f-prot.com/f-prot/download/getfpdosfree.html](http://www.f-prot.com/f-prot/download/getfpdosfree.html) and scan for viruses with that. Also, run a thourough scandisk. Try downloading AOL again, removing all of the AOL junk from the network control panel, uninstall AOL, and reinstall AOL.