system shuts down

[eniale]

At various times, for no discernable reason, my system
announces that it will shut down & restart; specifically,
this is the message I receive:
"Shutdown initiated by NT AUTHORITY/SYSTEM
The system process Windows/System32/lsass.exe terminated
unexpectedly with Status code - 1073741819"

Then it gives me time to save any data, but no option to
NOT shut down.
I'm not computer literate enough to know why this is
happening. Any help?

 

[Patti MacLeod]

Hi eniale,

Your computer has probably been infected by the Sasser worm. Have a look
here for further information:
http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/sasser_printxp.mspx



Regards,

 

[SebianGeek]

Hi eniale,

Your computer has probably been infected by the Sasser worm. Have a
look
here for further information:
http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/sasser_printxp.mspx



Regards,

--
Patti MacLeod
Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User

in message

If you haven’t done any windows updates, could also be the blaster,
welchia virii. Those 2 are about a year old, but still floating
around on the internet. Same thing holds true for those as the sasser
virus.