XP generates error and restarts itself

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David

Within 5 minutes of connecting to the internet, my
computer generates the following error and then restarts
itself:

This system is shutting down The shutdown was initiated
by NT AUTHORITY/SYSTEM.

The system process c:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe
terminated unexpectedly with status code -1073741819.
The system will now shutdown and restart.

Has anyone seen this before and know what the problem is
or more importantly, what the fix is? Thanks.

David
 
David said:
Within 5 minutes of connecting to the internet, my
computer generates the following error and then restarts
itself:

This system is shutting down The shutdown was initiated
by NT AUTHORITY/SYSTEM.

The system process c:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe
terminated unexpectedly with status code -1073741819.
The system will now shutdown and restart.

Has anyone seen this before and know what the problem is
or more importantly, what the fix is? Thanks.

David
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This is the sasser worm, which has several variants.
To stop the shutdown process
Start - Run - type cmd
in the command line type shutdown -a

You need to turm on a firewall IMMEDIATELY. Either ZoneAlarm or the
built in XP firewall
ZoneAlarm is available free at:
http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/company/products/znalm/freeDownload.jsp


Please see:
http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/virusencyclo/default2.asp?m=q&virus=sasser&alt=sasser

Go here to get free removal tool:
http://vil.nai.com/vil/averttools.asp

Or update your own antivirus and run it.

Details on the patch needed to prevent it:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS04-011.mspx
 
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