System Shutdown messages

[Alexis]

After loggin in yesterday and dialing into my ISP, I began
to receive a message that states:
System Shutdown
This system is shutting down. Please save all work in
progress and log off. Any unsaved changes will be lost.
This shutdown was initiated by NT AUTHORITY/SYSTEM.

It then starts a 1 minute timer at the end of which it
shuts down the pc.

I ran virus scan, completed disk cleanup and defrag, both
of which were short and problem free. Having just
relocated homes, I also restored to a date prior the move
when I experienced no problems. The pc runs fine until I
log on to the internet. One search on yahoo or through my
ISP and the process repeats again.

I would really appreciate any help I can get. THANKS!!!

[null]

Alexis wrote:
> After loggin in yesterday and dialing into my ISP, I began
> to receive a message that states:
> System Shutdown
> This system is shutting down. Please save all work in
> progress and log off. Any unsaved changes will be lost.
> This shutdown was initiated by NT AUTHORITY/SYSTEM.
>
> It then starts a 1 minute timer at the end of which it
> shuts down the pc.
>
> I ran virus scan, completed disk cleanup and defrag, both
> of which were short and problem free. Having just
> relocated homes, I also restored to a date prior the move
> when I experienced no problems. The pc runs fine until I
> log on to the internet. One search on yahoo or through my
> ISP and the process repeats again.
>
> I would really appreciate any help I can get. THANKS!!!

You may have the blaster worm. Go to an uninfected PC, go to Symantec's
web site and download to a floppy their fix: fixblast.exe, and
write-protect the floppy. Then go to Microsoft's web site and download
the patch to another floppy: blastpatch.exe and make that floppy
write-protected.

Take the floppies to your PC:

1. If your PC is connected to a network or cable/dsl modem, disconnect it
2. Boot to Safe Mode
3. Shut off System Restore
4. Insert the floppy with fixblast.exe on it and run that program, then
remove the floppy
5. Reboot to Normal mode
6. Insert the floppy with blastpatch.exe on it and run that program,
then remove the floppy
7. Turn System Restore back on
8. Reboot and voila, you're running again
9. Install a good antivirus program
10. Reconnect to your network if you disconnected in step 1
11. Download current virus definitions


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