xp home edition shutting down automatically

[John]

"nt authority/system" will shut down in 60 seconds - rpc
terminated.

Within 60 seconds, system shuts down.

Why is this happening - did virus scan - no viruses
detected.

 

[Chris Lanier]

Thanks for looking around alittle

MS03-026: Buffer Overrun in RPC Interface May Allow Code Execution
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=823980

Enable the windows XP Firewall
https://www.microsoft.com/technet/t...nol/winxppro/proddocs/hnw_enable_firewall.asp

More info about the worm:
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.blaster.worm.html