Unwanted & unexpected windows shutdown whilst accessing internet

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Occassionally and for apparently no reason a message appears whilst I am accessing the internet saying that windows has to restart under NT/AUTHORITY/SYSTEM. I then get a 1 minute countdown before windows restarts itself. This problem appears to be random and sometimes will not happen for days. Why is it happening and how can i stop it

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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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| Occassionally and for apparently no reason a message appears whilst I am accessing the internet saying that
windows has to restart under NT/AUTHORITY/SYSTEM. I then get a 1 minute countdown before windows restarts
itself. This problem appears to be random and sometimes will not happen for days. Why is it happening and
how can i stop it?
|
| Thanks
 
It appears your computer has been infected with the Blaster virus. For more
information and how to fix this please see these links:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...8b-fe98-493f-ad76-bf673a38b4cf&displaylang=en

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=826955

http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/blast.asp

http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/main.asp



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Thanks,
Marc Reynolds
Microsoft Technical Support

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.


GeoffW said:
Occassionally and for apparently no reason a message appears whilst I am
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accessing the internet saying that windows has to restart under
NT/AUTHORITY/SYSTEM. I then get a 1 minute countdown before windows
restarts itself. This problem appears to be random and sometimes will not
happen for days. Why is it happening and how can i stop it?
 
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