windows shut down when on internet

[Jeff Houston]

I have win xp and for some reason it is shutting my pc down whenever I
connect to the internet why is it doing this? it says there is an error
message something that is in a temporary file if I am not mistaken and then
when I try to connect to the internet it pops up and says it is shutting
down in 1 minute and then it shuts the whole computer down.

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Visit the following website and use the procedure to
remove the "Sasser Worm" from your computer:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/sasser.htm

[Courtesy of MS-MVP Jupiter Jones]

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

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

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| I have win xp and for some reason it is shutting my pc down whenever I
| connect to the internet why is it doing this? it says there is an error
| message something that is in a temporary file if I am not mistaken and then
| when I try to connect to the internet it pops up and says it is shutting
| down in 1 minute and then it shuts the whole computer down.
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[Walmsley's]

Have you considered the "Sasser" virus? I just bought a brand new PC running
XP and got the virus within 40 seconds, before I switched on my firewall!

There is a fix...... http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/sasser.asp

This will scan & remove the virus. I had the same symptoms as you.

Hope that helps.

Nik.