[Middle-O-Road]

EXCELLENT suggestion. Try this.

Assuming Windows...

Go to Start> Run and type "shutdown -r" (no " marks) and click "ok". This will prevent your machine from shutting itself down while you try to solve the real problem (the virus).

[zoobee]

Go to Start> Run and type "shutdown -r" (no " marks) and click "ok". This will prevent your machine from shutting itself down while you try to solve the real problem (the virus).

Sounds good.....and when I'm done, how do I UNDO that?

[Justa]

".. Go to Start> Run and type "shutdown -r" "

Heh, you know that's the command for shut down and restart? The poster might have been sarcastic. The -a switch aborts a shutdown.

This is likely a power supply issue. The restarting is the clue. The BIOS will be in the Run state and will restart the system if set do so, which is the default power-loss setting in most systems.

The power supply can be tested by booting into BIOS and waiting to see if the computer shuts down.