My system is shutting down automatically

[Venumadhav Kanaparthy]

Hi all,
I'm using Windows XP Professional. When I connect to the
Internet, after few minutes, it's showing a dialog box
with "Windows NT Authority initiated the Shut down.. Error
occured in RPC...." .
The system is shutting down after 1 minute. There is no
button to cancel this.
Please help me to avoid this.

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Apparently, your computer is 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
neglected to install the critical updates available at the Windows Update website.

What You Should Know About the Blaster Worm and Its Variants
http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/blast.asp

Are you looking for info about the cause of "Remote Procedure Call (RPC)",
initiated by NT Authority\System error message that shuts down Windows
(you might also see svchost.exe error occasionally)?
http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1831.html

If you have AOL:

America Online installs its own connection settings that override
the ones that come with Windows XP. America Online's
connection settings don't include a way to turn on Windows XP's
built-in firewall.

Visit the following web site for instructions on downloading
a FREE firewall program for your computer.

Ref: http://www.updatexp.com/free.html

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

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| Hi all,
| I'm using Windows XP Professional. When I connect to the
| Internet, after few minutes, it's showing a dialog box
| with "Windows NT Authority initiated the Shut down.. Error
| occured in RPC...." .
| The system is shutting down after 1 minute. There is no
| button to cancel this.
| Please help me to avoid this.

 

[Guest]

You can stop it this way. Most posters don't know it
won't let you read anything from the links they post. (
It shuts you down !! dah!! )


You have a virus = Mblaster Follow the steps below.

1. Go to control Panel> Network connections > *Your
connection* rt click >properties, Advanced Tab, check to
enable> The Firewall.

2. Do a Ctrl + Alt + DeL , on task manager highlight
MBlaster.exe and end the Process.

3. Go here and download the fix.

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/msblast.vbs


4. Get a XP update;
http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/en/default.asp

 

[mikev]

You are infected with a virus. Norton anti-virus 2004 can
remove this. Also there is a patch on the microsoft update
site to repair the loophole this virus exploits.