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Is your computer waking up in the middle of the night a sign that it's being accessed? I've seen this with my laptop often, I have Windows 7, and I didn't thin

• socillion 13y ago
  Windows Update is, I believe, scheduled for 3am by default. If connected to AC, it can wake up your computer to install updates. You can look into this more with the powercfg command (from an Admin console). powercfg -lastwake "Computer waking up" is meaningless without controlling for updates and other factors, including dog/cat/mouse bumping into a mouse cable.
  • epochwolf 13y ago
    If your desk isn't level or if you have a fan on, the mice could move enough to wake the computer. :)
• kunai 13y ago
  It depends. Usually, on any Windows box, random sleep wakeups and unverified internet use is usually a sign of malware or a trojan horse. Running AVG twice can be enough to fix it, but sometimes, they've already penetrated the boot process to execute malicious code without you even knowing it. It's hit me 4 times so far, and this is WITHOUT accessing black hat websites, and WITH protection and startup utilities disabled. It could be TDSS.