XP Home RPC Error

[Guest]

Having just installed XP Home on my brothers computer, it now frequently (at random) brings up a window saying RPC failure the system will reboot in x secs

It first happened in the middle of installing Office 2000 Pro, in which I can't get Outlook to run, but all the other programs are OK

Does anybody know what the problem is?

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

Your system has been infected by the Blaster Worm. Have a look at the following links:

www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_qr.htm#rpc

Courtesy of MVP Kelly Theriot.

"Virus Alert About the Blaster Worm and Its Variants"
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=826955

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

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Will Denny
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User


| Having just installed XP Home on my brothers computer, it now frequently (at random) brings up a window saying RPC failure the system will reboot in x secs.
|
| It first happened in the middle of installing Office 2000 Pro, in which I can't get Outlook to run, but all the other programs are OK.
|
| Does anybody know what the problem is?

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

If you connected the PC to the Internet without having first
enabled a firewall, without having first installed an antivirus
application with current virus definition files, and before installing
the KB824146 Hotfix, you're very likely to get infected from any of
the thousands of PCs on the Internet that are constantly broadcasting
the Blaster and/or Welchia worms. It only takes a few seconds of
exposure.

To stay on-line long enough to get the necessary updates, patches,
and removal tools, click Start > Run, and enter "shutdown -a" when the
next RPC countdown begins. This will abort the shut down. Also, make
sure you've enabled a firewall before starting, to preclude any more
intrusions while getting the updates/patches/tools.

MS04-012 Cumulative Update for Microsoft RPC-DCOM
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;828741

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

W32.Blaster.Worm a.k.a. W32/Lovesan.Worm
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.blaster.worm.html

W32.Blaster.Worm Removal Tool
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.blaster.worm.removal.tool.html

W32.Welchia.Worm a.k.a. W32/Nachi.Worm
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.welchia.worm.html

W32.Welchia.Worm Removal Tool
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.welchia.worm.removal.tool.html

McAfee AVERT Stinger
http://us.mcafee.com/virusInfo/default.asp?id=stinger


Bruce Chambers

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