22.11.2011, 17:00
While it's true that it could be a virus, it's unlikely if you've got legitimate software, it's updated and you haven't been downloading anything stupid (such as cracks or other un-trusthworthy software).
It's more likely that something in your laptop is failing to be honest, especially if you have closed all background processes running under your account besides explorer.exe (which you should do). The most likely component to be failing and causing this problem is the HDD.
If closing all of the processes under your account besides explorer.exe doesn't work, then you should look through the services list and stop all services you aren't sure about. If all of that fails, final step is to just re-install Windows on it and if that fails you have a problem.
This is all assuming that this is a problem that has only just started happening and you've played this game before without issue.
It's more likely that something in your laptop is failing to be honest, especially if you have closed all background processes running under your account besides explorer.exe (which you should do). The most likely component to be failing and causing this problem is the HDD.
If closing all of the processes under your account besides explorer.exe doesn't work, then you should look through the services list and stop all services you aren't sure about. If all of that fails, final step is to just re-install Windows on it and if that fails you have a problem.
This is all assuming that this is a problem that has only just started happening and you've played this game before without issue.