my friend said he bought a game download off e-bay..yea i told him that was stupid...but anyway the guy sent him a link to download the game and when he did his pc monitor shut off and wont come back on..he said it has power and checked all his connections...i have not looked at it yet,but could it be a possible virus or one of those hoax things?
I don't see why it couldn't be a virus. Can he still bring up the monitor settings?(if it's a desktop) If it's a laptop then I'm not sure what to tell him to try. I know on my Lappy(compaq R3000 series) I can push the function button on the bottom left and the F4 key and it will switch monitors (if I have one plugged in since it has a video output plug (vga)) That's what compaq support tried to get me to do when my screen wouldn't come on but I knew it was something totally different. Sorry I'm not very helpful and probably a little late. lol
Try rebooting your computer into safe mode. With Windows XP press the F-8 key while booting up. This loads windows with the minimum amount of drivers, then try a system restore. This is a really quick first attempt and should be able to solve your problem.
Thats not a virus, its hard ware related in your situation. It could be alot of things actually..not a virus though
