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When i boot my windows xp home edition up i get error
Lsass.exe and then when i click ok it reboot and it just
keeps doing the same thing. I found lsass.exe and rename it
to lsass.old now my pc just boots up and hangs at the
openning screen. I can not even boot into safe mode please
help?
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I just finished working on a friend's Dell lap with
XP,opening IE would sometimes crash the system and
reboot,giving the lsass.exe message.Turns out the system
was infected with 3 worms,the SasserB.,Welchia and
Blaster.The OS was never updated with the security
patches,etc.I was able to go to Windows update,and after a
few attempts to stay online long enough to get the Sasser
fix from Windows Update,that took care of the Sasser and
Blaster.The system had Norton AV,which had expired last
year,so i downloaded the 3 worm removal tools from the
Symantec site and the Welchia tool took care of that
worm.Note:Turn off Windows Restore before you use the tools
(an .exe file which runs a few minutes)otherwise when you
reboot you could have the same problem again.After using
the tool and rebooting,scan your entire system and if all
is ok,then you can turn on System Restore again.Greg
(e-mail address removed)