lsass.exe

[Guest]

When I dial-up to a network and get connected, an error appears that says
"error on lsass.exe" afterwhich my pc shutsdown automatically. I tried fixing
it by deleting the command from the system registry. It did fix my problem
but i wonder what's the effect of deleting the command from the system?

 

[NoNoBadDog!]

Lets see...

1. You don't have a firewall and connected to the internet without an
antivirus scanner installed..
2. You have not updated your version of windows in a very long time (if you
had, the patch to stop the worm you are infected with would have been
installed).
3. You don't have much contact with the outside world. Blaster and Sasser
are two of the most highly publicized worms to ever be released, yet you
have no idea that you have at least one of them on your machine.

Your lack of computer security practices has resulted in your computer being
infected with the SASSER worm. I would venture to guess that your machine
is also infested with spyware, adware, malware and a host of other worms and
viruses.

Until you can at least practice a modicum of computer security, such as
having a firewall and UPDATED antivirus program installed, and keeping
windows updated with the latest critical patches, you should not connect to
the internet. Your poor judgment and unsafe practices make you a threat to
anyone in your address book, and the rest of the internet (your machine is
most likely spreading the worm as you read this).

If you are not a troll, and I suspect you are, you need to educate yourself
on basic computer security.

Bobby

 

[Kelly]

W32.Sasser Removal Tool (Line 321) Right hand side)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

 

[Plato]

When I dial-up to a network and get connected, an error appears that says
"error on lsass.exe" afterwhich my pc shutsdown automatically. I tried fixing

http://www.bootdisk.com/xptop15.htm#18

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

You've apparently contracted the latest worm, W32.Sasser.Worm,
specifically designed to attack people who do not update their
computers promptly and who do not practice "safe hex." In other
words, like Blaster, this worm was developed and distributed _after_ a
patch for the vulnerability was announced and made publicly available.
Further, and also like Blaster, this worm could not affect any
computer whose user had taken the basic precaution of using a properly
configured firewall.

To stay on-line long enough to get the necessary updates, patches,
and removal tools, click Start > Run, and enter "shutdown -a" when the
next Shutdown countdown begins. This will abort the shut down. Also,
make sure you've enabled a firewall before starting, to preclude any
more intrusions while getting the updates/patches/tools.

What You should Know about the Sasser Worm and its Variants
http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/sasser.asp

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS04-011
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS04-011.mspx

W32.Sasser.Worm
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.sasser.worm.html

A tool is available to remove the Sasser worm variants
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;841720

W32.Sasser.Worm Removal Tool
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.sasser.removal.tool.html

McAfee AVert Stinger Virus Removal Tool
http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/


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[Al Smith]

Your lack of computer security practices has resulted in your computer being

infected with the SASSER worm. I would venture to guess that your machine
is also infested with spyware, adware, malware and a host of other worms and
viruses.

Until you can at least practice a modicum of computer security, such as
having a firewall and UPDATED antivirus program installed, and keeping
windows updated with the latest critical patches, you should not connect to
the internet. Your poor judgment and unsafe practices make you a threat to
anyone in your address book, and the rest of the internet (your machine is
most likely spreading the worm as you read this).

This is a little harsh. All this person did was use the computer
in the usual way. It's not his fault that anyone who runs Windows
XP in its default setup is committing computer suicide. Microsoft
should have a warning label on Windows XP:

"WARNING! If you actually try to use this operating system as it
has been installed on your computer, you will be infected with
viruses, trojans, adware and a host of other malware that will
cripple of kill your computer! Have a nice day."

 

[NoNoBadDog!]

Al;

It is a little harsh, and was intended to be so. People need to be
educated that it is their responsibility to practice safe computing, no
matter what OS they are using. There will never be a completely secure OS.
While I agree that WInXP does seem to be the target, if the OP had simply
enabled his firewall before connecting he would not have been infected. My
post, while harsh, is meant to let the OP know that he must be proactive,
not reactive. It will then be one less computer spewing garbage throughout
the internet.

Bobby

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

I don't think it was harsh, at all.

Given today's widely-publicized and well-known hostile Internet
environment, only a fool or a masochist would go on-line without both
a firewall and antivirus protection. People really shouldn't need to
be told to use a firewall or an antivirus application, no more than
they should need to be told not to stick their hands into an open
flame.


Bruce Chambers
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[Al Smith]

Greetings --

I don't think it was harsh, at all.

Given today's widely-publicized and well-known hostile Internet
environment, only a fool or a masochist would go on-line without both
a firewall and antivirus protection. People really shouldn't need to
be told to use a firewall or an antivirus application, no more than
they should need to be told not to stick their hands into an open
flame.


Bruce Chambers

Most people make the presumption that Microsoft wouldn't sell them
software that was unsafe to use *in the state in which Microsoft
sold it*. It seems to me that this is the reasonable expectation
to have, in the absence of other knowledge about the dangers of
the Internet. Newbies don't know a thing about viruses, or
computer security. Neither did you, or I, until at some point in
our lives we learned by experience.

My own view is that Microsoft should be criticized for selling an
OS that cannot be used in the condition in which it is sold. It
should be safe to do an install of Windows XP, and allow it to
immediately connect to the Internet (which it urgently seeks to
do), without risking viruses and trojans. It isn't safe. Windows
XP must be tweaked and modified before it can be made safe. It's
not the fault of newbies that they don't know this. Why should they?

 

[NoNoBadDog!]

The folks at Microsoft are working towards making Windows safer "out of the
box" (ala SP2 and the Windows Firewall turned on by default), but it is not
the responsibility of MS to hold the hand of each and every person who buys
it's software. One is not allowed to drive a vehicle (in most states) until
one is "mature" enough to do so, and can demonstrate certain basic knowledge
about "rules of the road". I believe the same should be true of owning a
computer that one intends to connect to the internet. Ignorance is no
excuse...nor is laziness or simply a laksidaisical attitude.

Windows is truly no more prone to viruses and worms than any other
operating system (despite what the Mac and*nix folks will tell you). It
just happens to be instilled on 98% of the computers used in the home, and
about 70% of the computers used in a business environment. Virus and worms
writers attack windows because "it is there". If *nix was the predominant
OS, or the MAC OS, then they would be the ones that would be "attacked".

I challenge you to write 11 million lines of code (the approximate size
of Windows XP), and have it work on every machine on which it is installed,
every time, with no hitches. Once that obstacle is achieved, I would
challenge you to make it invulnerable to hacking, viruses, worms, and such.
It cannot be done. There are some very creative people writing malicious
code out there.

You. like so many others, want to take the easy road and hope that MS will
take care of all of the problems that arise. It will not happen.

We must all act responsibly when we connect to the internet. We cannot
expect anyone else to do this for us. We owe it to ourselves, and everyone
else on the 'net, to be responsible and act accordingly...exactly the same
as we should keep our cars maintained, should not pile flammable materials
near our stoves and heaters, etc.

You can't just cop out and blame it on MS.

Bobby

 

[CS]

Tell all that to the tobacco companies who have had their butts sued
off and lost.....

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Any consumer of _any_ product that assumes that any sort of
business - whether a software manufacturer/vendor, or a shoe store -
has the _consumer's_ best interests in mind is drowning in naiveté.
The real world is not a warm and friendly place, and no one is going
to - nor should they - protect the consumer from himself. Only
someone who has lived his entire life completely beyond the reach of
the mass news media could possibly not know that the Internet is a
dangerous "place," and that both a firewall and antivirus application
are essential, regardless of OS. It's the fault of the "newbies" (for
not knowing the Internet is dangerous - regardless of OS) for the
simple reason that they've purchased and put into use a product
without doing the least bit of product research to determine if the
product is suitable to their goals and safe to use in their particular
circumstances. It doesn't matter whether they're buying an OS or a
chainsaw - it's they're responsibility to learn how to safely use the
product. Personally, I'm sick and tired of being warned of obvious
hazards by every corporation out there, simply because a significant
proportion of the population is too lazy too think for themselves. I
find it especially annoying to have to struggle, with each new OS, to
remove or bypass the dumbing-down and so-called "security" features
that keep getting added to protect people from themselves.


Bruce Chambers
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[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Hardly relevant, although anyone who's lit up a cigarette since
the early '60s really has no one to blame but themselves. The dangers
of smoking have been well documented, but still people smoke.
Granted, "juries of their peers" have decided to blame the tobacco
companies rather than the idiots who knowingly and willingly partook
in a deadly activity - but that says more about the nature of the
juries and society in general than it does about the tobacco
companies. Being responsible for one's own actions is no longer held
in any particular sort of esteem, these days. It's really rather sad.


Bruce Chambers
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[Al Smith]

The folks at Microsoft are working towards making Windows safer "out of the

box" (ala SP2 and the Windows Firewall turned on by default), but it is not
the responsibility of MS to hold the hand of each and every person who buys
it's software. One is not allowed to drive a vehicle (in most states) until
one is "mature" enough to do so, and can demonstrate certain basic knowledge
about "rules of the road". I believe the same should be true of owning a
computer that one intends to connect to the internet. Ignorance is no
excuse...nor is laziness or simply a laksidaisical attitude.

Your example isn't accurate. The car makers go to great lengths to
insure that their cars are indeed safe to drive. When they make a
mistake, they have a recall, and it is a big deal. Windows is
unsafe to operate in its default configuration -- if you use it as
intended right after installation, you will get viruses and
trojans. Your computer will be "owned" by some 13-year old kid
with pimples.

Windows is truly no more prone to viruses and worms than any other
operating system (despite what the Mac and*nix folks will tell you). It
just happens to be instilled on 98% of the computers used in the home, and
about 70% of the computers used in a business environment. Virus and worms
writers attack windows because "it is there". If *nix was the predominant
OS, or the MAC OS, then they would be the ones that would be "attacked".

This is a pretty broad statement to make, and unsupported by the
evidence. I think that the Mac OS and Linus OS are indeed,
inherently safer to use, and the lack of Linux and Mac viruses
suggests the same. How much of the difference in the number of
viruses between Linux and Windows is to do the market share of
Windows, nobody can say, other than to guess, or make unsupported
assertions.

I challenge you to write 11 million lines of code (the approximate size
of Windows XP), and have it work on every machine on which it is installed,
every time, with no hitches. Once that obstacle is achieved, I would
challenge you to make it invulnerable to hacking, viruses, worms, and such.
It cannot be done. There are some very creative people writing malicious
code out there.

Sure, I agree, making Windows save for users is a nightmare. At
least Microsoft is making some attempt at fixing the problem.

You. like so many others, want to take the easy road and hope that MS will
take care of all of the problems that arise. It will not happen.

I want Microsoft to sell an operating system that is safe to use,
in the intended way, right out of the box, without the user being
forced to download supplemental programs, or make extensive
configuration changes. I don't think that is unreasonable.

We must all act responsibly when we connect to the internet. We cannot
expect anyone else to do this for us. We owe it to ourselves, and everyone
else on the 'net, to be responsible and act accordingly...exactly the same
as we should keep our cars maintained, should not pile flammable materials
near our stoves and heaters, etc.

Users bear a responsibility not to download and run malware on
their computers. Microsoft bears the responsibility not to sell an
OS that is configured and designed to be unsafe to use.

You can't just cop out and blame it on MS.

I do blame Microsoft, and I don't see it as a cop out in any way.