Congratulations!
Your system is infected with the much publicized Sasser worm. You allowed
yourself to become infected because of ALL of the following;
1. You have not updated your version of Windows.
2. You are not using an UP TO DATE antivirus program.
3. You connected to the internet without a firewall on your computer.
Until you correct ALL of the above situations, you will remain vulnerable to
infection not only by SASSER, but also by the thousands of other worms,
viruses, trojans, keyloggers, spyware, malware, etc.
Because you do not practice even the most basic level of computer security,
you are not only a threat to yourself but to the entire internet community.
When your machine is infected, it looks for other machines, owned by persons
like yourself who have poor computer security practices, to infect.
When the shutdown message appears, go START > Run and type in "shutdown -a"
(without the quotes), and hit the enter key. Go to the Microsoft update
website and download and install all critical patches. After rebooting, go
to the website of the company that makes your antivirus program and download
all the updates that are available. If your antivirus has expired, you must
purchase a new one.
Third, go to
www.zonealarm.com and download the FREE firewall.
Keep your version of Windows updated. Always install any critical patches
that are posted to the Microsoft update website.
Keep you antivirus program up to date. New virus detection signatures are
released nearly on a daily basis, so this is something you should do every
day. Not once a month, or "when I have time", or "when I remember".
Once you have done these things, you will find your internet experience to
be much safer and happier.
Bobby
"Richard" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:1a97301c44e5b$9c2ea6b0$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Recently purchased HP T329FR furnished with Windows XP.
> Upon connecting to my ADSL provider the hourglass remains
> active, and within two minutes I get the message
> (translated) "The system process C:\windows\system 32
> \lsass.exe has stopped in an unexpected manner with status
> code 1073741819. This stop was initiated by AUTHORITY
> NT/SYSTEM." I then have approximately a one-minute
> countdown before the computer shuts down. I used Windows
> XP to return the system to it's status before installing
> the internet provider's CD Rom, then re-installed. The
> hourglass was not active after connection for about four
> minutes, then I got the same message window, and the
> computer shut down again. Is it a virus? Is it something
> else? Do I need to resort to the recovery disk? Thanks for
> a response. Richard
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