/James R Gordon/ said:
I keep getting this notice-- Computer shutting down due to RIPC service terminated unexpectingly. It's a pain as it shuts and reboots while I am working on something.
One of hundreds of recent posts on that subject. Drop in on this group
often, and lurk!
If you connected the PC to the Internet without having first
installed the KB824146 Hotfix, without having first installed an
antivirus application with current virus definition files, and before
enabling a firewall, 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
Removal Tool for Blaster/Nachi worm infections from computers running
Win2K or WinXP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=833330
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
(posted by Bruce Chambers)
