internet (NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM)

[ivan]

i have recently reinstalled Windows XP and now when i try
and access the internet about 5 mins later a message box
appears sayin NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM has to shut down your
computer and then procedes to give me a minute to shut
everythign down before it restarts my comp. how can i stop
this happening?

 

[BobC]

i have recently reinstalled Windows XP and now when i try
and access the internet about 5 mins later a message box
appears sayin NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM has to shut down your
computer and then procedes to give me a minute to shut
everythign down before it restarts my comp. how can i stop
this happening?

It appears you have the blaster virus. See:
http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/blast.asp

 

[Gary Tsang]

Hi,

It appears your computer has been infected with the Blaster virus. For more
information and how to fix this please see follow this link:
http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/blast.asp
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/main.asp

Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - 824146
A Buffer Overrun in RPCSS Could Allow an Attacker to Run Malicious Programs
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=824146

More information about this particular worm:
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.blaster.worm.html

Removal Information can be found here
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_qr.htm#rpc