Re: xp shuts down, reboots
From: AnnonUser (poster_at_annonuser.net)
Date: 04/04/04
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Date: Sun, 04 Apr 2004 17:45:33 -0400
MARIA wrote:
>I get a very tidy message with a 60 second
>countdown, "Shutdown Initiated by NT AUTHORITY/SYSTEM"
>and in the second half of the window, system is shutting
>down, RPC terminated unexpectedly. Then XP (home) shuts
>down/restarts. So far this would only seem to be while
>on line (the PC in question is a Dell P3/866, recent
>upgrade to 512MB RAM), new upgrade from Windows ME,
>running the dell MSN as the ISP. Any help? thanks in
>advance
>
>
You have the Blaster worm.
To stop the shutdown process
Start - Run - type cmd
in the command line type shutdown -a
Go here and follow instructions:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/blaster.htm
You need to download and install all MS Critical Patches and Updates.
Then, to keep your computer safe, you need the following:
A good Anti-Virus scanner
A good firewall like Zone Alarm or the built in XP firewall
ZoneAlarm is available free at:
http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/company/products/znalm/freeDownload.jsp
Ad-Aware 6.0 - for removing spyware
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/
Spybot Search & Destroy - for removing spyware
http://www.safer-networking.org/
CWShredder - gets rid of page hijackers
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4086.html
Google Toolbar - for blocking popups
http://toolbar.google.com/
Before running the Spybot and Ad-Aware, delete temporary internet files
and internet history.
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