XP HOME LOGGING OFF WEB

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DWAYNE

LOG ON TO THE WEB WITH XP HOME. AFTER A COUPLE OF MINUTES
A WINDOW POPS UP TELLING ME WINDOWS WILL REBOOT THE
COMPUTER IN 60 SECONDS. MY FRIEND HAS SAME PROBLEM. HOW
DO I FIX THIS.
 
LOG ON TO THE WEB WITH XP HOME. AFTER A COUPLE OF MINUTES
A WINDOW POPS UP TELLING ME WINDOWS WILL REBOOT THE
COMPUTER IN 60 SECONDS. MY FRIEND HAS SAME PROBLEM. HOW
DO I FIX THIS.
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Dwayne,

Apparently, your computer (and your friend's 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 from Microsoft.

If your computer is constantly attempting to shutdown or reboot:

Start - Run, type "shutdown -a", and hit Enter.

This should halt the reboot. Now fix the problem.

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

Also, please don's shout when asking for advice.

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.
 
Hello Dwayne;
Your keyboard is defective. Check your "Caps Lock" key. It appears to be
frozen. This happened to my keyboard when I spilled my Jack Daniels whiskey
on it. I was swamped with complaints from the Newsgroup. Needless to say, I
bought a new keyboard which corrected the situation. However, I still drink
whiskey. I wish you well.
(((((((((((melvin)))))))))))
 
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