clicking

[Aviator_14]

Ok every one in a while when my computer is on (mostly on the internet) I hear a clicking sound coming from inside the computer. It will do it about every minute or so and it will click about 2 or 3 times. I have never heard this before my computer is only about 3 months old.

[Aviator_14]

I THINK IT IS A VIRUS EATING UP MY HARD DRIVE BECAUSE I AM DOING A VIRUS SCAN AND IT FOUND 4 VIRUSES: Java/byte verify exploit! 3 of those. and Java Shinwow.AT

[BipolarBill]

It's the hard drive's head parking - perfectly normal.

Why did you let those viruses on in the first place? Are you one of those users who only runs his AV program when you "need it"?

[Aviator_14]

I do not know how I got those viruses

[Aviator_14]

It is SBC Yahoo online protection in order for it to detect a virus you have to do a scan. I havent downloaded anything recently and havent opened any attachments in emails so I dont know how I got the virus

[BipolarBill]

You need full-time protection. There are 3 free AV programs.

AVG (Grisoft)
AntiVir (Avira)
Avast

I recommend AntiVir. Search Google for it.

[Aviator_14]

I downloaded, installed, and ran avast and it said that the number of infected files was 0 so hopefully it got rid of it.

[BipolarBill]

Don't forget to *register* Avast. It's free, but you must register.

The other two don't require registration. That's why I didn't recommend Avast.

[Aviator_14]

I tried the other two but one of them said to select a drive and it had no choices to select from so I tried the other one and it asked to type in a license key but I do not know what the license key is, so finnaly I installed avast and it worked.

[BipolarBill]

You have to click the "About" menu selection and then click on a link to register. Feel free to explore the menus - it's *your* program.

[Aviator_14]

I registered Avast

[Aviator_14]

AVAST TOLD ME "CAUTION A VIRUS HAS BEEN DETECTED it said that 8 times which means that I have 8 viruses now instead of 4, so I added the viruses to the chest.

[Aviator_14]

It found the same viruses Java/byte Verify exploit! and Java Shinwow.AT. What exactly are those virusus? is it a really bad virus?

[Aviator_14]

It said that there was an error moving the files to the chest

[Rabbitrunner51]

yeah.. my HD clicks all the time every so often when loading something also... perfectly normal..