Whenever I used IE, receive RPC error and WinXP shut down

[Teck Lung]

Hi all,

I'm using WinXP home edition. Whenever I dialup and try
to surf the Internet using IE, there will always be a RPC
error message box pops up and there will be a countdown of
seconds that Windows is shutting down. The next thing I
know, the Windows shut down. This is very frustrating for
me. Anybody has an idea what happen? Thanks.

Regards,
Teck

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

There are thousands of nasty computer viruses/worms looking for unprotected
computers. Your computer can be infected within a few milliseconds the moment
an internet connection is established if your computer is not properly secured.

Apparently, your computer is now infected with the W32.Blaster.Worm or one of its variants.
This happened because you have not been using an internet connection firewall and have
apparently neglected to install the critical updates available at the Windows Update website.

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If your computer is constantly attempting to shutdown
or reboot, quickly go to:

Start > Run and type: CMD , and hit enter.
This opens the Command Prompt window.

Then type: shutdown -a , and hit enter.

This should halt the rebooting problem.

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Then immediately turn-on Windows XP's built-in Firewall:
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

What You Should Know About the Blaster Worm and Its Variants
http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/blast.asp

A tool is available to remove Blaster worm and Nachi worm infections from computers
that are running Windows 2000 or Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=833330

A security issue has been identified that could allow an attacker to
remotely compromise a computer running Microsoft Windows and
gain complete control over it. You can help protect your computer
by installing this update from Microsoft.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...6C-C5B6-44AC-9532-3DE40F69C074&displaylang=en

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

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| Hi all,
|
| I'm using WinXP home edition. Whenever I dialup and try
| to surf the Internet using IE, there will always be a RPC
| error message box pops up and there will be a countdown of
| seconds that Windows is shutting down. The next thing I
| know, the Windows shut down. This is very frustrating for
| me. Anybody has an idea what happen? Thanks.
|
| Regards,
| Teck

 

[Spinner]

You have the blaster worm.
Go to Microsoft's site and install the critical updates and patches.

 

[Guest]

You have a virus = Mblaster Follow the steps below.

1. Go to control Panel> Network connections > *Your
connection* rt click >properties, Advanced Tab, check to
enable> The Firewall.

2. Do a Ctrl + Alt + DeL , on task manager highlight
MBlaster.exe and end the Process.

3. Go here and download the fix.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?
FamilyId=E70A0D8B-FE98-493F-AD76-
BF673A38B4CF&displaylang=en

4. Get a XP update;
http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/en/default.asp

 

[Malke]

Hi all,

I'm using WinXP home edition. Whenever I dialup and try
to surf the Internet using IE, there will always be a RPC
error message box pops up and there will be a countdown of
seconds that Windows is shutting down. The next thing I
know, the Windows shut down. This is very frustrating for
me. Anybody has an idea what happen? Thanks.

Regards,
Teck

Your computer is infected with the MSBlaster worm (or variants). Get the
infected machine off the Internet and any other lans immediately. From
another computer, go here and to find out how to clear it up:

http://www.sarc.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.blaster.worm.html

Malke