Remote Procedure Call Service Terminated Unexpectedly...

[Twig]

A few days ago I purchased a new Presario with WinXP. I
keep getting the message:

"NT Authority Remote Prodcedural Call (RPC) service
terminated unexpectedly. NT Authority\System shutdown
initiated by NT Authority\System Host Process for Win 32
Services has encountered a problem and needs to be
closed..... "

and then it gives me about 50 seconds to close everything,
and shuts down my computer.

I ran a virus check, but no viruses were detected, but the
system keeps shutting down and restarting. How can I
correct this? This machine has never worked correctly
since I bought it.

[Jim Macklin]

A new worm hit this Monday, you probably have the msblaster
worm. If your anti-virus scanner was not updated Tuesday or
Wednesday it would not detect the worm.
www.sarc.com has removal tool and instructions.


"Twig" > wrote in message
...
| A few days ago I purchased a new Presario with WinXP. I
| keep getting the message:
|
| "NT Authority Remote Prodcedural Call (RPC) service
| terminated unexpectedly. NT Authority\System shutdown
| initiated by NT Authority\System Host Process for Win 32
| Services has encountered a problem and needs to be
| closed..... "
|
| and then it gives me about 50 seconds to close everything,
| and shuts down my computer.
|
| I ran a virus check, but no viruses were detected, but the
| system keeps shutting down and restarting. How can I
| correct this? This machine has never worked correctly
| since I bought it.

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

See www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm, Line 257, Remote Procedure Call
Worm for a small utilty that will remove the variants of the
W32.Blaster.Worm and take you (optionally) to Microsoft's site for the patch
that prevents this infection.

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"Twig" > wrote in message
...
> A few days ago I purchased a new Presario with WinXP. I
> keep getting the message:
>
> "NT Authority Remote Prodcedural Call (RPC) service
> terminated unexpectedly. NT Authority\System shutdown
> initiated by NT Authority\System Host Process for Win 32
> Services has encountered a problem and needs to be
> closed..... "
>
> and then it gives me about 50 seconds to close everything,
> and shuts down my computer.
>
> I ran a virus check, but no viruses were detected, but the
> system keeps shutting down and restarting. How can I
> correct this? This machine has never worked correctly
> since I bought it.

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

W32.Blaster.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

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-26
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-026.asp

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


Bruce Chambers

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"Twig" > wrote in message
...
> A few days ago I purchased a new Presario with WinXP. I
> keep getting the message:
>
> "NT Authority Remote Prodcedural Call (RPC) service
> terminated unexpectedly. NT Authority\System shutdown
> initiated by NT Authority\System Host Process for Win 32
> Services has encountered a problem and needs to be
> closed..... "
>
> and then it gives me about 50 seconds to close everything,
> and shuts down my computer.
>
> I ran a virus check, but no viruses were detected, but the
> system keeps shutting down and restarting. How can I
> correct this? This machine has never worked correctly
> since I bought it.