NT Authority/System

[john]

HELP - I keep getting shut down by NT Authority/System. I have never seen
this before but in the last 2/3 days I've been shut down 5/6 times - and
it's getting more frequent. A quick trawl through Google suggests that my PC
is being targeted. Have others had this problem? What is the cure? I have
AVG and McAfee firewall - is that relevant?

 

[Devast8or, work]

HELP - I keep getting shut down by NT Authority/System. I have never seen
this before but in the last 2/3 days I've been shut down 5/6 times - and
it's getting more frequent. A quick trawl through Google suggests that my PC
is being targeted. Have others had this problem? What is the cure? I have
AVG and McAfee firewall - is that relevant?

It says something about RPC when shutting down, right?

It's probably this worm:
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.blaster.worm.html

Use this remover to get rid of it:
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.blaster.worm.removal.tool.html

Don't forget to patch Windows.

Devast8or

 

[Michael Thompson]

Thanks for that prompt reply - I'm most grateful. All sorted now.

John of Truro
www.john-the-fish.co.uk

If you have a firewall ensure it is configured correctly.