System reboots by itself

[Glenn]

I just upgraded to xp home and when I am trying to logon
on to MSN explorer I get the message. "The sytem is
shutting down. Please save all work in progress and log
off. Any unsaved data will be lost. The shut down was
Initiated by NT Authority \System." Please reply with
any and all ideas.

[Santa's Helper]

possibly that Blaster Virus/Worm......
"Glenn" > wrote in message
...
> I just upgraded to xp home and when I am trying to logon
> on to MSN explorer I get the message. "The sytem is
> shutting down. Please save all work in progress and log
> off. Any unsaved data will be lost. The shut down was
> Initiated by NT Authority \System." Please reply with
> any and all ideas.

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

It's a virus called blaster or lovesan. Information:

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_qr.htm#rpc
http://www.pchell.com/virus/msblast.shtml
http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_100499.htm
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.blaster.worm.html
http://www.bigblackglasses.com/Article.aspx?Article=342

You need the patch described here to protect against it:

MS03-039: A Buffer Overrun in RPCSS Could Allow an Attacker to Run Malicious
Programs
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=824146

Problem is, you needed to install the patch BEFORE you got infected to avoid
it.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org

"Glenn" > wrote in message
...
> I just upgraded to xp home and when I am trying to logon
> on to MSN explorer I get the message. "The sytem is
> shutting down. Please save all work in progress and log
> off. Any unsaved data will be lost. The shut down was
> Initiated by NT Authority \System." Please reply with
> any and all ideas.