XP shutting down by itself

[muppet]

All of a sudden in the last few days, Windows Xp has been
shutting down on me by itself.

I will be playing a game or surfing the web when a popup
box appears saying:

System Shutdown
This shutdown was initiated by NT AUTHORITY|SYSTEM
Windows must restart because Remote Procedure Call (RPC)
Service terminated unexpectedly.


Does anyone have any clue why this has all of a sudden
started happening? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

PS I have also tried using the System Restore and that
has not seemed to help

 

[Nicholas]

Read and follow the instructions in this article:

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

**** You need to make sure you have a FIREWALL enabled ****

Open XP's "Help and Support" and type: FIREWALL , and hit enter.
Click on the topic titled "Enable or Disable Internet Connection Firewall".

Additional information from Symantec:

Microsoft Windows DCOM RPC Interface Buffer Overrun Vulnerability
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/8205.html


--
Nicholas

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| All of a sudden in the last few days, Windows Xp has been
| shutting down on me by itself.
|
| I will be playing a game or surfing the web when a popup
| box appears saying:
|
| System Shutdown
| This shutdown was initiated by NT AUTHORITY|SYSTEM
| Windows must restart because Remote Procedure Call (RPC)
| Service terminated unexpectedly.
|
|
| Does anyone have any clue why this has all of a sudden
| started happening? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
|
| PS I have also tried using the System Restore and that
| has not seemed to help