the prog c;\windows\system32\lgass.exe .......

[Guest]

I am getting this message in xp prof and the pc will do a count down from 1
minute and restart. please advice what is causing this and how can i rectify
the situation.hope someone still around as Xmas draws near, 'Merry Xmas'

 

[Dave Patrick]

Sounds like sasser virus.

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|I am getting this message in xp prof and the pc will do a count down from 1
| minute and restart. please advice what is causing this and how can i
rectify
| the situation.hope someone still around as Xmas draws near, 'Merry Xmas'

 

[Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP\)]

Links about the Sasser virus:
http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/sasser.asp
http://www.updatexp.com/sasser-worm.html
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/sasser.htm

To stop shutdown, click Start, click Run and type: shutdown -a
then click OK.

Removal tools available here:-
http://us.mcafee.com/virusInfo/default.asp?id=description&virus_k=125008
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.sasser.worm.html
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.sasser.b.worm.html

For technical details on Sasser and manual steps to remove
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/alerts/sasser.mspx