XP not shutting down -- Direct X?

[Matt]

I just downloaded some patches from Windows Update and
suddenly my computer has stopped shutting down. I can
click on shut down on the start menu - the screen
flickers and then nothing happens. I found that if I go
into Task Manager and manually shut down a process called
directx.exe (I'm assuming its Direct X 9.0b, as that's
what I just upgraded to) then I've got no problem and can
shut down without issue. Still, it seems odd...any
suggestions?

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Matt,

It's not directx, see these:

http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_100024.htm
http://vil.mcafee.com/dispVirus.asp?virus_k=100367
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/backdoor.sdbot.d.html

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org

"Matt" > wrote in message
...
> I just downloaded some patches from Windows Update and
> suddenly my computer has stopped shutting down. I can
> click on shut down on the start menu - the screen
> flickers and then nothing happens. I found that if I go
> into Task Manager and manually shut down a process called
> directx.exe (I'm assuming its Direct X 9.0b, as that's
> what I just upgraded to) then I've got no problem and can
> shut down without issue. Still, it seems odd...any
> suggestions?
>
>