Windows XP shuts itself down repeatedly

There are thousands of nasty computer viruses/worms looking for unprotected
computers. Your computer can be infected within a few milliseconds the moment
an internet connection is established if your computer is not properly secured.

Apparently, your computer is now infected with the W32.Blaster.Worm or one of its variants.
This happened because you have not been using an internet connection firewall and have
apparently neglected to install the critical updates available at the Windows Update website.

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If your computer is constantly attempting to shutdown
or reboot, quickly go to:

Start > Run and type: CMD , and hit enter.
This opens the Command Prompt window.

Then type: shutdown -a , and hit enter.

This should halt the rebooting problem.

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Then immediately turn-on Windows XP's built-in Firewall:
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

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

A tool is available to remove Blaster worm and Nachi worm infections from computers
that are running Windows 2000 or Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=833330

A security issue has been identified that could allow an attacker to
remotely compromise a computer running Microsoft Windows and
gain complete control over it. You can help protect your computer
by installing this update from Microsoft.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

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"Steve" <stevesusenet@yahoo.com> wrote in message:
news:6f8cb8c9.0402100807.4d73c099@posting.google.c om...

| Hi;
|
| I was helping a friend get her HP laptop hooked up to the internet the
| other weekend.
|
| She is running XP.
|
| I set up a dialup account for her. Then I changed the loon-n-feel to
| windows classic ( she hated the xp look ).
|
| After I did these things XP started givign her an error message about
| remote procedure calls failing and that it would shut the system down
| ( it does ).
|
| Anyone have any ideas what this is about?
|
| Steve

Could this be a version of the MS Blaster worm causing the shutdown? Just
had similar problems myself. I downloaded the MS Blast fix from the Symantec
web site and that fixed the problem.
"Steve" <stevesusenet@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:6f8cb8c9.0402100807.4d73c099@posting.google.c om...

> Hi;
>
> I was helping a friend get her HP laptop hooked up to the internet the
> other weekend.
>
> She is running XP.
>
> I set up a dialup account for her. Then I changed the loon-n-feel to
> windows classic ( she hated the xp look ).
>
> After I did these things XP started givign her an error message about
> remote procedure calls failing and that it would shut the system down
> ( it does ).
>
> Anyone have any ideas what this is about?
>
> Steve

Yes but did you also put in a firewall/antivirus/and
download the update from microsoft? If not you have left
yourself open to get it again and again and again along
with many other worms.

>-----Original Message-----
>Could this be a version of the MS Blaster worm causing

the shutdown? Just

>had similar problems myself. I downloaded the MS Blast

fix from the Symantec

>web site and that fixed the problem.
>"Steve" <stevesusenet@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>news:6f8cb8c9.0402100807.4d73c099@posting.google. com...

>> Hi;
>>
>> I was helping a friend get her HP laptop hooked up to

the internet the

>> other weekend.
>>
>> She is running XP.
>>
>> I set up a dialup account for her. Then I changed the

loon-n-feel to

>> windows classic ( she hated the xp look ).
>>
>> After I did these things XP started givign her an error

message about

>> remote procedure calls failing and that it would shut

the system down

>> ( it does ).
>>
>> Anyone have any ideas what this is about?
>>
>> Steve

>
>
>.
>

stevesusenet@yahoo.com (Steve) wrote

> After I did these things XP started givign her an error message about
> remote procedure calls failing and that it would shut the system down
> ( it does ).

<snip fyi about blaster worm >

Thanks for the info everyone!

Steve

PC is probably infected with MBlaster.exe worm. Check with your AV support page for removal procedures. Also you use a firewall on your PC or Network.

Virus Info can be found at:
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/ven...ster.worm.html

Virus Info can also be found at:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;826234


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"Steve" <stevesusenet@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:6f8cb8c9.0402111023.700474c3@posting.google.c om...
stevesusenet@yahoo.com (Steve) wrote

> After I did these things XP started givign her an error message about
> remote procedure calls failing and that it would shut the system down
> ( it does ).

<snip fyi about blaster worm >

Thanks for the info everyone!

Steve

Sounds like the blaster worm to me

>-----Original Message-----
>Hi;
>
>I was helping a friend get her HP laptop hooked up to

the internet the

>other weekend.
>
>She is running XP.
>
>I set up a dialup account for her. Then I changed the

loon-n-feel to

>windows classic ( she hated the xp look ).
>
>After I did these things XP started givign her an error

message about

>remote procedure calls failing and that it would shut

the system down

>( it does ).
>
>Anyone have any ideas what this is about?
>
>Steve
>.
>