PC Continually Waking itself from sleep.

LAPS · 23 Dec 2019

I basically went into a tech coma for a year and didn't do anything with my computer. In that time, my teenage son devastated my computer. Multiple crashes and virus infestations. I thought I had it cleaned up, but I am having doubts. My computer is constantly waking itself from sleep, and who knows what else is happening. Before I had a friend on here Simrick that helped me get my computer cleaned up and well protected with free protection but all the stuff I had is gone and can't remember much of what I had. Can someone help me? Thanks!

AndreTen · 23 Dec 2019

Start with Rkill, ADWcleaner and Malwyarebytes. And report back.
@simrick does stops here now and then. Much better in this things than me

Brink · 23 Dec 2019

Hello Luke,

You might also see if an option in the tutorial below may be able to reveal the source that is waking the computer.

See Wake Source in Windows 10

simrick · 27 Dec 2019

LAPS said:

I basically went into a tech coma for a year and didn't do anything with my computer. In that time, my teenage son devastated my computer. Multiple crashes and virus infestations. I thought I had it cleaned up, but I am having doubts. My computer is constantly waking itself from sleep, and who knows what else is happening. Before I had a friend on here Simrick that helped me get my computer cleaned up and well protected with free protection but all the stuff I had is gone and can't remember much of what I had. Can someone help me? Thanks!

Hi LAPS. LTNS!

I'm sorry to hear your son has devastated your computer...teenage sons are very good at that, you know.

AndreTen and Brink both have very good suggestions for you to begin with. Please post scan results here so we can evaluate and decide next steps. I'll try to pop in more often to see how you're doing.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!