Re: Windows shutting down and restarting error

From: Steven L Umbach (n9rou_at_n0-spam-for-me-comcast.net)
Date: 08/14/04 

Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2004 02:40:50 GMT

You have been infected with a worm such as sasser. I bet you are not using a
firewall. Lesson learned? I recommend using a NAT router/firewall such as the cheap
units from Linksys or D-Link. If for some reason you can not do that, there are free
firewalls available such as Zone Alarm which I recommend to novice users.

http://www.snapfiles.com/Freeware/security/fwfirewall.html -- free firewalls

You will need to install a antivirus program with updates current as of today to scan
the computer. The free Stinger tool from McAffee may also work. --- Steve

http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/ --- free compact virus detection and removal tool
for many common viruses.
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.aspx -- minimum security
recommendations for internet users.

"Ketal" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:60c201c4819f$e3cf8df0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> I've just installed Windows 2000 on my IBM thinkpad.
> When I get onto the Internet, using Earthlink DSL, after
> a minute or so I receive the following message:
>
> c:\winnt\system32\lsass.exe terminated unexpectley with
> status code 128 the system will now shut down and restart.
>
> It also said it was initiated by NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM

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