Re: remote procedure call

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From: Bruce Chambers (bchambers_at_nospamcableone.net)
Date: 03/22/04 

Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2004 18:19:15 -0700

Greetings --

      If you connected the PC to the Internet without having first
enabled a firewall, without having first installed an antivirus
application with current virus definition files, and before installing
the KB824146 Hotfix, you're very likely to get infected from any of
the thousands of PCs on the Internet that are constantly broadcasting
the Blaster and/or Welchia worms. It only takes a few seconds of
exposure.

    To stay on-line long enough to get the necessary updates, patches,
and removal tools, click Start > Run, and enter "shutdown -a" when the
next RPC countdown begins. This will abort the shut down. Also, make
sure you've enabled a firewall before starting, to preclude any more
intrusions while getting the updates/patches/tools.

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-39
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=824146

What You Should Know About the Blaster Worm
http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/blast.asp

W32.Blaster.Worm a.k.a. W32/Lovesan.Worm
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.blaster.worm.html

W32.Blaster.Worm Removal Tool
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.blaster.worm.removal.tool.html

W32.Welchia.Worm a.k.a. W32/Nachi.Worm
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.welchia.worm.html

W32.Welchia.Worm Removal Tool
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.welchia.worm.removal.tool.html

McAfee AVERT Stinger
http://us.mcafee.com/virusInfo/default.asp?id=stinger

Bruce Chambers 

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"Ian Campbell" <Aesthete@btopenworld.com> wrote in message 
news:c3lb0o$6t6$1@titan.btinternet.com...
> After about 5 minutes of using a new broadband connection my system 
> shuts
> itself down and restarts with the following message:
> "This sytem is shutting down. Please save any work in progress and 
> log off.
> Any unsaved work will be lost. This shutdown was initiated by NT
> AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
> Message  Windows must now restart because the Remote Procedure Call 
> (RPC)
> service terminated unexpectedly."
> Can anybody please tell me what this is all about and how I can stop 
> this?
>
>

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