system shutdown

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Guest

Hi, each time i use the internet, after about 15 minutes a message comes up saying SYSTEM SHUTDOWN, unexpected termination, status code 1073741819. Then it counts down 60 secs then switches off and restarts. Any help would be gratefully recieved as its driving me nuts
Louise.
 
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Will Denny

Hi

Unfortunately your system has been infected by the Sasser Worm. See the
following links:

"What You Should Know About the Sasser Worm and Its Variants"
http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/sasser.asp

"How to protect your PC"
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

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Will Denny
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User


| Hi, each time i use the internet, after about 15 minutes a message comes
up saying SYSTEM SHUTDOWN, unexpected termination, status code 1073741819.
Then it counts down 60 secs then switches off and restarts. Any help would
be gratefully recieved as its driving me nuts!
| Louise.
 
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Nick Burns

Louise said:
Hi, each time i use the internet, after about 15 minutes a message comes
up saying SYSTEM SHUTDOWN, unexpected termination, status code 1073741819.
Then it counts down 60 secs then switches off and restarts. Any help would
be gratefully recieved as its driving me nuts!

Type: shutdown -a , and hit enter.
This should halt the rebooting problem.
Then do the link.

http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/sasser.htm
 
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Bruce Chambers

Greetings --

You've apparently contracted the latest worm, W32.Sasser.Worm,
specifically designed to attack people who do not update their
computers promptly and who do not practice "safe hex." In other
words, like Blaster, this worm was developed and distributed _after_ a
patch for the vulnerability was announced and made publicly available.
Further, and also like Blaster, this worm could not affect any
computer whose user had taken the basic precaution of using a properly
configured firewall.

To stay on-line long enough to get the necessary updates, patches,
and removal tools, click Start > Run, and enter "shutdown -a" when the
next RPC countdown begins. This will abort the shut down. Also, make
sure you've enabled a firewall before starting, to preclude any more
intrusions while getting the updates/patches/tools.

What You should Know about the Sasser Worm and its Variants
http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/sasser.asp

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS04-011
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS04-011.mspx

W32.Sasser.Worm
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.sasser.worm.html

A tool is available to remove the Sasser worm variants
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;841720

W32.Sasser.Worm Removal Tool
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.sasser.removal.tool.html

McAfee AVert Stinger Virus Removal Tool
http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/


Bruce Chambers

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