Hello Jim,
Your friends machine is infected with the Blaster virus or a variant
thereof.
To temporarily keep us from shutting down, do the following:
1) Got to Start and choose Run and type in "Services.msc" (without the
quotation marks)
2) Scroll down until your see "Remote Procedure Call (RPC)". It will be
Started and set to Automatic.
3) Double-click on "Remote Procedure Call (RPC)" and then choose the
Recovery tab.
4) Change the failure actions from "Restart the Computer" to "Take No
Action".
Next turn on the Internet Connection Firewall.
To turn on ICF, follow these steps:
a. Click "Start", and then click "Control Panel".
b. In Control Panel, double-click "Networking and
Internet Connections", and then click "Network Connections".
c. Right-click the connection where you want to turn on Internet Connection
Firewall, and then click "Properties".
d. Click the "Advanced" tab, and then
click to select the "Protect my computer or network by limiting or
preventing access to this computer from the Internet" check box.
If we have anti virus installed, we need to scan the system with the latest
virus definitions.
You will also want to go to your ant virus company's web site and look for a
removal tool for the virus.
Install the following patch to prevent re-infection:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...AE-A1BA-4D4A-B424-95D32CFC8CBA&displaylang=en
Then go to Windows Update and install all necessary updates.
Hope this helps!
Regards,
Mike Lieser, MCSA, MCSE, CNA
Microsoft SBS Product Support
Get Secure! -
www.microsoft.com/security
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