As this issue has surely been one of the day I will copy and paste this
reply to you. It is courtesy of George (Bindar Dundat) and Kellys-Korner-XP
site:
<snipped>...It is the result of not keeping up with the security patches as
they become available so here is
the answer compliments of Kelly in the XP group.
To stop the reboots: Go to Start/Run and type in: services.msc. Scroll down
to Remote Procedure Call (RPC)/Logon/First Failure/Restart the Service.
Then close Windows Explorer, End Process in the Task Manager for
msblast.exe, run the edit on line 257 then run the patch listed below it:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
Windows XP Security Patch: Buffer Overrun In RPC Interface Could Allow Code
Execution:
http://tinyurl.com/ir5h
More information here:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_qr.htm#rpc
This is also C/P from a second of Georges' replies on this issue.
You may also want to download Stinger to get rid of W32.Blaster.Worm
http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/
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George (Bindar Dundat)
This information is provided "AS IS"
It may even be wrong!
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