system recovering from a serious error

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Jocelyne

I have for the second time received a message that my
system has just recovered from a serious error. The
first time I have received this message, the system
started to behave strangely. I have contacted my
technician who repaired the system saying the registry
was corrupted. This was 2 weeks ago. I now received the
message again. Everything is working ok....for now.
What is causing this? My system is only 8 months old and
I have installed the updates regularly.

Thanks!
 
Jocelyne --

Apparently, your computer has an unwelcome visitor known
as the WM32 Blaster/Lovsan worm.

It entered your computer through your internet connection because the "firewall"
was not properly enabled and essential critical updates were not installed from
the Windows Update website. For instructions on fixing the problem, visit:

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

Remove W32.MSBlast.Worm
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_desc/xp_msblast.htm

If your computer is constantly attempting to shutdown
or reboot, quickly go to:

Start > Run and type: shutdown -a , and hit enter.

This should halt the rebooting problem.

Then immediately turn-on Windows XP's built-in Firewall:

How do I turn on the Firewall?
http://www.andyrathbone.com/tips/firewall.html


**** IMPORTANT ****

Visit this web site if you experience difficulty installing
Windows XP Security Patch 823980:

How To Fix The Cryptographic Service Error
http://www.updatexp.com/cryptographic-service.html



--
Nicholas

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| I have for the second time received a message that my
| system has just recovered from a serious error. The
| first time I have received this message, the system
| started to behave strangely. I have contacted my
| technician who repaired the system saying the registry
| was corrupted. This was 2 weeks ago. I now received the
| message again. Everything is working ok....for now.
| What is causing this? My system is only 8 months old and
| I have installed the updates regularly.
|
| Thanks!
 
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