a: drive comes alive out of nowhere?spooky!

[tamararyan]

Hey folks, thanks for your help.

Why would my computer seek my floppy drive out of nowhere.

For instance, im surfing the web, and my A: drive comes alive and tries to read a floppy. i never gave it a command.

Whats happening here? anyone know?

Thanks!

[bdunn]

could be a nasty page. There was a page awhile back with a script that would format the a:drive if there was a disk in it.

[G]

Dear Tamara,
I saw your post on Sysopt.com. Your problem may be related to an anti-virus configuration which allows it to check for viruses from the floppy disk drive. Sometimes the behaviour can be erratic and seem as if it has a mind of its own. Norton has this facility which did this on an older version of their software that I had. Although, ‘scan floppies for boot viruses and on shutting Windows’ etc should be a simple matter, an older version may not be so well behaved. Besides this suggestion I cannot be sure. If as bdunn has indicated it may be a virus I would suggest you scan ‘all files’ and see if anything is detected. Your virus definitions/signatures will need to be updated to their current level if you want to be sure that in all probability, after a scan has been performed, it is not a virus.
Let me know how you get on.
G

[tamararyan]

Im up to date on all virus .dat files, i scanned again, using the McAfee online scan clinic, and im clean. I went back through my websurfing history, and visited every site agin, but no floppy seek. still a mystery. Im using a cable modem with roadrunner access. windows 98 SE. if that makes any difference.

[G]

Viruses like Kakworm and the Melissa variants, which are proliferating now, are very common, spreading through e-mail sent by Outlook Express where it hides itself in the message signature. To become infected you need to receive an infected e-mail in either Outlook Express or Outlook or else read Web-based e-mail using Internet Explorer 4 or 5. Through a glaring security hole, Microsoft allowed some ‘ActiveX’ components in Web pages or HTML based e-mail to be executes without user permission. Therefore, the virus, hidden in an HTML-based e-mail, can infect your computer without any user action other than reading the message. The user, careful in inspecting suspicious e-mail, may without knowledge have a viral infection. Therefore, updated virus definitions are essential, as is a proactive awareness that there are many ways to catch a cold, and the like.

All the best,
G

[linux_guru]

If you've got Microsoft Office installed, it could be the "Fast Find" utility. This thing has a habit of regularly accessing all your drives. Turn this thing off, if it's running. Check your Windoze startup folder to see if it starts on boot. If so, remove it.

Just another example of why I run Linux & steer clear of Bill's products.

[tamararyan]

I have MS Office, and i found Fast Find in the startup folder. I will delete that entry and see how it goes.

Thanks! http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

[Keegan]

I installed Office 2000 and MacAfee together, and I got that buzzing sound from my floppy drive at least every 30 minutes. I never knew what caused that, but it fixed itself when I installed ME.