ntauthority\system error

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see.cher

1073741819 is the fault code

popup says NTAuthotity\system will shut down the system because of
fault 1073741819

anyone know what that is?????????
it has happened 3 or 4 times today.
 
D

David H. Lipman

From: <[email protected]>

| 1073741819 is the fault code
|
| popup says NTAuthotity\system will shut down the system because of
| fault 1073741819
|
| anyone know what that is?????????
| it has happened 3 or 4 times today.

If I get your correctly, what you are posting is incomplete !

If you are getting the following NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM shutdown message...

NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
'c:\winnt\system32\lsass.exe' terminated unexpectedly with status code -1073741819

Is indicative of an Internet worm trying to exploit the LSASS module of the OS via TCP port
445.

The Sasser worm is long since gone. It has been replaced by numerous other Internet worms
that have incorporated that exploit in their arsenal of infection vectors. It should be
noted that many subsequent BOT variants (SDBot, , AgoBOT, RBot, etc.) will try to exploit
BOTH the RPC/RPCSS DCOM and LSASS modules as vectors of infection.

You can stop the 60 sec. shutdown process.

In WinXP;
Go to; Start --> Run
enter; shutdown -a

Microsoft's LSASS vulnerability patch.
WinXP KB835732
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...9E-DA3F-43B9-A4F1-AF243B6168F3&displaylang=en

Are you using WinXP SP2 ? WinXP SP2 has the above patch incorporated in it already. Thus
using WinXP SP2 mitigates this vulnerability. Additionally, the enhanced WinXP SP2 FireWall
should also help mitigate this type of TCP port exploitation. So does the use of a
Cable/DSL Router such as the Linksys BEFSR41. Using a NAT Router even on an un-patched
system will mitigate such an exploitation.

I have seen platforms get this error even if there is NO sign of infection.

Just in case, you can use the following tool. It is a broad-spectrum anti virus tool that
will catch the widest varieties of BOTs that may use this exploitation.

Download MULTI_AV.EXE from the URL --
http://www.ik-cs.com/programs/virtools/Multi_AV.exe

To use this utility, perform the following...
Execute; Multi_AV.exe { Note: You must use the default folder C:\AV-CLS }
Choose; Unzip
Choose; Close

Execute; C:\AV-CLS\StartMenu.BAT
{ or Double-click on 'Start Menu' in C:\AV-CLS }

NOTE: You may have to disable your software FireWall or allow WGET.EXE to go through your
FireWall to allow it to download the needed AV vendor related files.

C:\AV-CLS\StartMenu.BAT -- { or Double-click on 'Start Menu' in C:\AV-CLS}
This will bring up the initial menu of choices and should be executed in Normal Mode.
This way all the components can be downloaded from each AV vendor's web site.
The choices are; Sophos, Trend, McAfee, Kaspersky, Exit this menu and Reboot the PC.

You can choose to go to each menu item and just download the needed files or you can
download the files and perform a scan in Normal Mode. Once you have downloaded the files
needed for each scanner you want to use, you should reboot the PC into Safe Mode [F8 key
during boot] and re-run the menu again and choose which scanner you want to run in Safe
Mode. It is suggested to run the scanners in both Safe Mode and Normal Mode.

When the menu is displayed hitting 'H' or 'h' will bring up a more comprehensive PDF help
file. http://www.ik-cs.com/multi-av.htm

Additional Instructions:
http://pcdid.com/Multi_AV.htm

* * * Please report back your results * * *
 
R

Rock

1073741819 is the fault code

popup says NTAuthotity\system will shut down the system because of
fault 1073741819


You haven't provided much information such as in what context has this
message arisen? What are you doing when it happens? Is this a sudden
problem? If so what changes were made to the system, either software or
hardware, right before this started? What is the system configuration?
Does it otherwise work well? What troubleshooting steps have you tried?
What is the malware status of the system and how do you check that?

Without knowing more look through some of these threads from a Google groups
search for that fault.

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=...ault 1073741819&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wg

Making Good Newsgroup Posts
 
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bill

David/Rock

Yes that is exactly the error.
by the time I posted it via my laptop I coundn't exactly remember
everything.

I am running WixXP SP2 with all updates.
Outpost 4 firewall
NOD antivirus lastest updates
wired to USR wireless router
there are no event log entries when it crashed

I was working on a document using Office 12 and Firefox 2.0.0.1 was in
the background. I was able to save the work and allowed it to reboot.
Firefox restored the last session on reboot.
I scanned my system 2 days ago.
I haven't installed anything. I had a virus try to install from an
email (I must have been sleeping, it was an EXE file and I clicked on
it - I never do that) but the firewall stopped it from getting to the
inet I assumed it didn't get installed, but I guess I will run the
scanners now.
 
D

David H. Lipman

From: <[email protected]>

| David/Rock
|
| Yes that is exactly the error.
| by the time I posted it via my laptop I coundn't exactly remember
| everything.
|
| I am running WixXP SP2 with all updates.
| Outpost 4 firewall
| NOD antivirus lastest updates
| wired to USR wireless router
| there are no event log entries when it crashed
|
| I was working on a document using Office 12 and Firefox 2.0.0.1 was in
| the background. I was able to save the work and allowed it to reboot.
| Firefox restored the last session on reboot.
| I scanned my system 2 days ago.
| I haven't installed anything. I had a virus try to install from an
| email (I must have been sleeping, it was an EXE file and I clicked on
| it - I never do that) but the firewall stopped it from getting to the
| inet I assumed it didn't get installed, but I guess I will run the
| scanners now.
|

OK. If you are using WinXP SP2 and a FireWall application then this is NOT Internet worm
activity.

I have seen numerous posts indicating the follow error...
NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
'c:\winnt\system32\lsass.exe' terminated unexpectedly with status code -1073741819

Those posts were also NOT associated with Internet worm activity. What causes the LSASS
unexpected termination is however unknown.
 
B

bill

well a scan with webroot spysweeper only revealed a cookie BUT during
the scan NOD detected NUWAR.Q worm and deleted it.
Do you think that was it??
 
D

David H. Lipman

From: <[email protected]>

| well a scan with webroot spysweeper only revealed a cookie BUT during
| the scan NOD detected NUWAR.Q worm and deleted it.
| Do you think that was it??
|

It is an email worm -- No it is not the cause.
 

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