There are thousands of nasty computer viruses/worms looking for unprotected
computers. Your computer can be infected within a few milliseconds the moment
an internet connection is established if your computer is not properly secured.
Apparently, your computer is now infected with the W32.Blaster.Worm or one of its variants.
This happened because you have not been using an internet connection firewall and have
apparently neglected to install the critical updates available at the Windows Update website.
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If your computer is constantly attempting to shutdown
or reboot, quickly go to:
Start > Run and type: CMD , and hit enter.
This opens the Command Prompt window.
Then type: shutdown -a , and hit enter.
This should halt the rebooting problem.
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Then immediately turn-on Windows XP's built-in Firewall:
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/
What You Should Know About the Blaster Worm and Its Variants
http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/blast.asp
A tool is available to remove Blaster worm and Nachi worm infections from computers
that are running Windows 2000 or Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=833330
A security issue has been identified that could allow an attacker to
remotely compromise a computer running Microsoft Windows and
gain complete control over it. You can help protect your computer
by installing this update from Microsoft.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...6C-C5B6-44AC-9532-3DE40F69C074&displaylang=en
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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/
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| Computer reboots often. It happens a lot while I am on the
| Internet. I get a message that tells me to save my work,
| that the system terminated unexpec-tantly and will shut
| down. The message tells me that a "Remote Procedure Call"
| was created and I have seconds to save before a reboot is
| performed.
| This problem seems to occur most often while I am on the
| net.
|
| Often times when I try to open a file the system give me a
| blank "blue screen" and ends the program or closes the
| folder that I was trying to open.
|
| The above problems are getting worse. Help!
