I've just recently changed to windows xp. I was having problems at first
cause of the Virsues going around, so I've updated from windows update and
upgraded my AntiVirus to 2004. that seemed to help regain most of my
problems exsept one , I countinuelly get a message pop up," windows must
shut down ,inisiated by NT ATHORITY\SYSTEM .
Remote procedure (RPC) serive termanated unxpectedly." I can't find a why
to stop it or solve this problem. Can't get anything done til I do. Help
PLEASE, I'm not computer wise and poor, got nowhere to turn for help.
Sounds much like blaster virus or some other using RPC vounerability.
http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/blast.asp
You should install all patches for windows etc. If RPC keeps killing your
system before you manage do that there are two things you might like to
consider. Installing FIREWALL, and if that do not help...
Go Start => Run and type SERVICES.MSC (or go Control Panel =>
Administrative Tools => Services) and then find "Remote Procedure Call
(RPC)", right click on it and select Properties. to Recovery tab and change
"Restart the Computer"'s to "Restart the Service".
Thing above is not "CURE" for situation, but it lets you stay online long
enough to update things and get them sorted and then you can set things back
to "Restart the Computer" for RPC failures again...
Besides that...
Here's 5 steps that EVERY computer owner should do (or have, for last two
steps) if they want to make sure their system is not infested with spyware,
trojans and viruses... And even these steps are not 100% perfect.
1. first download download spybot seek & destroy from
http://security.kolla.de
install it, UPDATE it, and RUN it...
2. second, AdAware from
www.lavasoft.de install it, UPDATE it, RUN
it...
--- sofar you should have quite spyware free system ---
3. third, download spywareblaster
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html install it, UPDATE it
and RUN it...
--- after this you should have system that's protected from some spyware
stuff, not ALL though ---
4. get yourself virus killer if you do not have...
www.grisoft.com has free
virus killer it you bother dig up more their site to download free version,
install, UPDATE and run it...
--- after this your system should be protected from most viruses ---
5. get yourself FIREWALL if you do not have it... Usually free firewall like
ZoneAlarm (
www.zonelabs.com) will do just fine...
--- and after this step, you should beable to see when something in your
system tries to connect outside from your system etc ---
1st and 2nd steps are both good programs, but I never trust only one of them
myself because I am bit too paranoid with my network security. So I run
both.. both are good, but nothing is perfect so better be sure...
spywareblaster "protects" your system from spyware etc. so it's also good
idea to run it also...
Virus killer and firewall are usually VERY important part, If you have winXP
you might have it's inbuilt firewall on, that helps some, but it does not
show outbound connections that are sometimes very good to "notice"
and remember to UPDATE/RUN those programs regularly just to stay safe
side on things...
