desperate, help needed!!!!!

Windows XP Perform Maintain >> desperate, help needed!!!!! I don't know what is going on with my computers???

My old computer was restarting on its own, I turned off
auto restart. Then it started going to the blue screen.
This happened several times until I could no longer get
windows to boot. I had the computer "repaired" at a
reputable computer chain. They say that everything
checked out ok. When I got it back the same thing
started happened again.

I decided to cut my losses and buy a new pc. Now the
same thing is happening to the new pc and it is brand new.

What is going on here??? I thought maybe someone
embedded a virus in my cable modem, but found out that
isn't possible. I am running mcafee internet security
6.0 which has a firewall. When I test the firewall it
checks out. Both computers are running with windows xp
and both have a pentium 4.

Please help me out..

Windows XP575

Windows XP Perform Maintain >> desperate, help needed!!!!! think its the blaster worm?

Windows XP Perform Maintain >> desperate, help needed!!!!!
>-----Original Message-----
>I don't know what is going on with my computers???
>
>My old computer was restarting on its own, I turned off
>auto restart. Then it started going to the blue
screen.
>This happened several times until I could no longer get
>windows to boot. I had the computer "repaired" at a
>reputable computer chain. They say that everything
>checked out ok. When I got it back the same thing
>started happened again.
>
>I decided to cut my losses and buy a new pc. Now the
>same thing is happening to the new pc and it is brand
new.
>
>What is going on here??? I thought maybe someone
>embedded a virus in my cable modem, but found out that
>isn't possible. I am running mcafee internet security
>6.0 which has a firewall. When I test the firewall it
>checks out. Both computers are running with windows xp
>and both have a pentium 4.
>
>Please help me out..
>.
>First of all. Have you checked the el. supply?
You should have a clean supply to the computer. If there
are some other electric supplies such as el.
heather,elektronic lights etc. at the same connection
(installation route), it might give trouble.
It sounds like some unstable electric connections or
pending pulses on the wireing.

Windows XP Perform Maintain >> desperate, help needed!!!!!
You need to look at what is common about the two systesms.
(New and Old). It sounds like you have the blaster virus
or possibly a variant of it. You mau have stopped it from
coming in the cable modem but what about software you
installed? If you haven't installed anything the only
other solution for the new computer is that something came
down the Internet connection.

You ISP will say anything to keep from admiting it is in
their system but I really doubt it is in you cable modem.
Although, consider this. A Cable modem is really nothing
more than a router on a network which is constanly up. If
a router can be infected, and tehy most certainly can, so
can a cable modem. Normally a firewall should have
protected you but ask yourself this"Did I install the
firewall before or after I connected the Cable Modem?" If
you connected then installed then went to the net you were
wide open the whole time you were installing the
firewall.

Go to the McAfee website and download stinger from a clean
machine. Run stinger with your cable modem disconnected
and see what it says. If your infected :

1. Clean the infection.
2. Update the Virus Definitions
3. Make sure you have all Windows Updates Installed.