Restart

[LT]

I have a college student asking me this question... Her
new laptop has starting coming up with a message that
say's "your computer will restart in 1 minute" and does.
Is this a virus, or something in the OS.
Thanks.....

[randwulf57]

LT:
W32.BLASTER.WORM
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.blaster.worm.html
What You Should Know About the Blaster Worm and Its Variants
http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/blast.asp
randwulf57

"LT" > wrote in message
...
> I have a college student asking me this question... Her
> new laptop has starting coming up with a message that
> say's "your computer will restart in 1 minute" and does.
> Is this a virus, or something in the OS.
> Thanks.....

[Ramesh]

Hi,

Your system is infected by RPC (W32.Blaster) Worm. This is causing the
system to shutdown abnormally.

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

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

MS03-026: Buffer Overrun in RPC Interface May Allow Code Execution
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=823980

MS-MVP Kelly Theriot's Repair Solution:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_qr.htm#rpc

Microsoft Windows DCOM RPC Interface Buffer Overrun Vulnerability:
http://www.sarc.com/avcenter/security/Content/8205.html

http://www.updatexp.com/msblast-exe.html

http://www.eeye.com/html/Research/Advisories/AL20030811.html

http://aumha.org/win5/a/blaster.htm

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Regards,
Ramesh



"LT" > wrote in message
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I have a college student asking me this question... Her
new laptop has starting coming up with a message that
say's "your computer will restart in 1 minute" and does.
Is this a virus, or something in the OS.
Thanks.....

[Chris Lanier]

You have got a virus, removal info at...
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_qr.htm#rpc

More info about the worm:
http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/blast.asp

More info about the worm:
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.blaster.worm.html

"LT" > wrote in message
...
> I have a college student asking me this question... Her
> new laptop has starting coming up with a message that
> say's "your computer will restart in 1 minute" and does.
> Is this a virus, or something in the OS.
> Thanks.....