Prob with RPC on XP

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Luc Lecocq

Hi,

My computer was running fine on W98SE.
Without any change in hardware, I did a fresh install of Win XP Pro, (no
Service pack installed yet).
I then installed IE6 (no service pack either), and configured my internet
connection (using ADSL).

My problem is that XP systematically crashes, 5 to 10 mn after connecting
to the internet.
It always says there was a problem with the RPC service that encountered a
problem, and it shuts down.

I checked on Microsoft site, found nothing.
The problem is that I can't download anything from Internet because of these
crashes.

Any idea or suggestion ?
Did anyone see these crashes before ?

Thanks for helping
 
You've probably got the Nachi worm, or something similar
to that or the MSBlast that have been going around.
You'll get it within minutes of being online if you have
no firewall/antivirus running...at least that's pretty
much exactly what happened to me a couple weeks ago.

Good luck,
Mike
 
Luc said:
Hi,

My computer was running fine on W98SE.
Without any change in hardware, I did a fresh install of Win XP Pro,
(no Service pack installed yet).
I then installed IE6 (no service pack either), and configured my
internet connection (using ADSL).

My problem is that XP systematically crashes, 5 to 10 mn after
connecting to the internet.
It always says there was a problem with the RPC service that
encountered a problem, and it shuts down.

I checked on Microsoft site, found nothing.
The problem is that I can't download anything from Internet because
of these crashes.

Any idea or suggestion ?
Did anyone see these crashes before ?

Thanks for helping
Click to expand...

You must not have checked the Microsoft website very thoroughly. They have
information on this issue on just about every one of their opening pages. :)

Go to the following website for the fix.

Scroll down to line 257 and click the "Remote Procedure Call Worm A-E" link.

Troubleshooting Windows XP, Tweaks and Fixes for Windows XP:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

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Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

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Greetings --

If you connected the PC to the Internet before installing the
KB823980 Hotfix and before enabling a firewall, you're very likely to
be infected now.

W32.Blaster.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

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-26
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-026.asp

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


Bruce Chambers

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