Possible Virus or Bug: After DSL connects, the system shuts down

[Eric Frazier]

This problem occurred yesterday night. After I Yahoo DLS
is connected I get an error stating Remote Procedure Call
interrupted followed by a 60 second countdown/System
shutdown alert. Please what can I do? Of course this
happened as I was about to download the new security
updates and upgrades for XP and my DSL. I tried changing
the setting of the Remote Procedure Call in Services but I
wasn't allowed to, even though I'm the administrator for
the computer. HELP ME!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Alun Jones [MS MVP]]

This problem occurred yesterday night. After I Yahoo DLS
is connected I get an error stating Remote Procedure Call
interrupted followed by a 60 second countdown/System
shutdown alert. Please what can I do? Of course this
happened as I was about to download the new security
updates and upgrades for XP and my DSL. I tried changing
the setting of the Remote Procedure Call in Services but I
wasn't allowed to, even though I'm the administrator for
the computer. HELP ME!!!!!!!!!!

This sounds like Blaster. Follow the instructions at
<URL:http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.blaster.
worm.removal.tool.html> for details on removing this.

Alun.
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[joe]

thats the ms blaster worm. get a firewall up and block
msblast from accessing internet.

 

[Nik]

Eric,

I had this exact problem about two weeks ago. I'll bet
$1 that you're getting hit by the Blaster worm that was
all over the news. Check out this page from Symantec on
how to fix:

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w3
2.blaster.worm.removal.tool.html

The 60 second thing means you've gotta act really fast.
In fact in took me about 10 reboots to get the fixes
downloaded and executed. Try also enabling the built-in
Windows XP firewall, which may in some cases shield you
from the 60 second thing.

good luck !!
Nik