Judi:
You ONLY need to execute 'SHUTDOWN /A' when/if you get a Pop-Up indicating your PC is being
shutdown and provides a timer-count down. You want to SAVE SHUTDOWN.EXE in c:\winnt
There are three components to *all* McAfee AV pacjakes and their are in two classes.
Retail - Home use and Corporate/Enterprise - for the business and large organizations. The
two classes are different from each other.
Each product is broken into three major components --
Kernel -- This is the version of the software. For example Retail v8.0 or Enterprise v4.5.1
or v7.1
ENGINE -- This component is the part of the software that algryhmically finds and delets
infectors as defined in a signature file
DAT files -- These are the McAfee signature files.
The latest ENGINE is v4400 and the latest DAT file is v4423 (which will be updated to v4424
by 4pm Eastern Time Today).
You can find out thie above information by Right Clicking on the McAfee icon in the System
Tray and finding "About" or "virusscan --> About".
--
Dave
| I don't know why or how it didn't work. My computer starts up, begins loading
| programs such as McAfee, SpySweeper, etc. While this going on, I pull up the
| start menu, run and then type in "shutdown /a" and then select ok. A message
| pops up telling me that the file "shutdown" and it's componts cannot be
| found.
|
| My computer was literally working one minute and then shutdown the next and
| won't stop restarting now. URGH! <shaking my head>
|
| "David H. Lipman" wrote:
|
| > How did it not work ?
| >
| > Please elaborate. That SHUTDOWN.EXE works, I know I tested it under Win2K but shutting
down
| > a PC then entering; "shutdown /a" and the process was stopped.
| >
| > What version McAfee VirusScan (retail or Corp.) ?
| > What is the McAfee ENGINE version ?
| > What is the DAT revision ?
| >
| > --
| > Dave
| >
| >
| >
| >
| > | > | David...I am so bummed! That didn't work either...is there something else I
| > | could try? You know, I'm not sure how this could have happened. I've got
| > | McAfee Virus Scan and Firewall, SpySweeper, AdAware, Super PopUp Blocker and
| > | I thought all my patches were up to date. I'm using my husband's laptop to
| > | post the messages tonight...my computer at this point is useless to me.
| > |
| > | "David H. Lipman" wrote:
| > |
| > | > No, I forgot that SHUTDOWN.EXE is native to WinXP not Win2K and is a Resource Kit
| > Utility
| > | > for Win2K and the switch parameter is "/A" not "-A". My Bad -- Sorry !
| > | >
| > | > I looked for a URL for the utility but I could NOT find it so I am reluctantly
attaching
| > the
| > | > SHUTDOWN.EXE file in a ZIP file.
| > | >
| > | > The syntax is; shutdown /A
| > | >
| > | > --
| > | > Dave
| > | >
| > | >
| > | >
| > | >
| > | > | > | > | Thanks for the info...I'll check out the other newsgroups. By the way, I
| > | > | tried halting the shutdown by doing what you told me to do and it didn't stop
| > | > | the shutdown. I went to start, run, and typed in shutdown -a. It said there
| > | > | was not file or componets located for 'shutdown'. Did I do something wrong?
| > | > | Are there any spaces in 'shutdown -a' or not? If so, where exactly are they
| > | > | so I can check to see if I'm typing it exactly as it should be.
| > | > |
| > | > | Thanks.
| > | > |
| > | > | "David H. Lipman" wrote:
| > | > |
| > | > | > There are anti virus News Groups specifically for this type of discussion.
| > | > | >
| > | > | > microsoft.public.scripting.virus.discussion
| > | > | > microsoft.public.security.virus
| > | > | > alt.comp.virus
| > | > | > alt.comp.anti-virus
| > | > | >
| > | > | > When you get the shutdown message...
| > | > | >
| > | > | > Go to; Start --> Run
| > | > | > enter; shutdown -a
| > | > | >
| > | > | > This will halt the shutdown and give you a chance to Download the McAfee worm
| > removal
| > | > tool,
| > | > | > Stinger:
http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/
| > | > | >
| > | > | > Install the following patch for the LSASS vulnerability addressed by; KB835732
| > | > | >
| > | >
| >
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...7E-F63A-414C-B3EB-D2342FBB6C00&displaylang=en
| > | > | >
| > | > | > Please read:
http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/sasser.mspx
| > | > | >
| > | > | > You also need a FireWall. If you don't patch the PC and not use a FireWall then
you
| > | > will
| > | > | > just be re-infected. I also suggest the installation of *ALL* MS Critical
Updates
| > ASAP.
| > | > | >
| > | > | > --
| > | > | > Dave
| > | > | >
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
| > | > | >
| > | > | >
| > | > | >
| > | > | >
| > | > | > | > | > | > | I'm getting the dreaded system shutdown in x minutes message -
| > | > | > | WINNT\system32\lsass.exe has been terminated unexpectedly with status code...
| > | > | > |
| > | > | > | From what I'm reading, it looks like I have the Sasser virus. I can't get my
| > | > | > | system to stay signed on long enough to try to remove it...I think I shut
| > | > | > | down after 60 seconds.
| > | > | > |
| > | > | > | Any suggestions? I don't really know how I got it. I've got an updated
| > | > | > | version of McAfee Firewall and Virus Protection...
| > | > | >
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