XP Shuts down by itself

[Steve]

Any ideas on why XP shuts down by itself? This just
started happening. I have a firewall, anti-virus etc.
Thanks

[Alvin A Brown]

Hello

Maybe you have the MsBlast Virus, your Antivirus will not
detect it.Do a search on oyur local harddrive for msblast.exe
then see link below on how to remove it

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.blaster.worm.html

If anyone as a problem keeping there system up long enough to remove the

virus try this first, you may have to be quick!
To end the Trojan process:
1. Press Ctrl+Alt+Delete once.
2. Click Task Manager.
3. Click the Processes tab.
4. Double-click the Image Name column header to alphabetically sort the
processes.
5. Scroll down the list and look for msblast.exe.
6. If you find the file, click it, and then click End Process.
7. Exit the Task Manager.


Alvin


Steve wrote:

> Any ideas on why XP shuts down by itself? This just
> started happening. I have a firewall, anti-virus etc.
> Thanks

[Steve]

I have done all the necessary work to check for the virus.
It was never present on my machine. I installed the patch
from Microsoft and then checked for the virus from
Symantec's page which showed no virus. The pc runs for
exactly 5 minutes nad then promptly shuts down.
>-----Original Message-----
>Hello
>
>Maybe you have the MsBlast Virus, your Antivirus will not
>detect it.Do a search on oyur local harddrive for
msblast.exe
>then see link below on how to remove it
>
>http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w3
2.blaster.worm.html
>
>If anyone as a problem keeping there system up long
enough to remove the
>
>virus try this first, you may have to be quick!
>To end the Trojan process:
>1. Press Ctrl+Alt+Delete once.
>2. Click Task Manager.
>3. Click the Processes tab.
>4. Double-click the Image Name column header to
alphabetically sort the
>processes.
>5. Scroll down the list and look for msblast.exe.
>6. If you find the file, click it, and then click End
Process.
>7. Exit the Task Manager.
>
>
>Alvin
>
>
>Steve wrote:
>
>> Any ideas on why XP shuts down by itself? This just
>> started happening. I have a firewall, anti-virus etc.
>> Thanks
>
>.
>

[Alvin A Brown]

Hello

Maybe it's your Power Supply you may need to have it
replaced or maybe your memory is the cause of it, take a
look at your pwer supply.

alvin


Steve wrote:

> I have done all the necessary work to check for the virus.
> It was never present on my machine. I installed the patch
> from Microsoft and then checked for the virus from
> Symantec's page which showed no virus. The pc runs for
> exactly 5 minutes nad then promptly shuts down.
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Hello
> >
> >Maybe you have the MsBlast Virus, your Antivirus will not
> >detect it.Do a search on oyur local harddrive for
> msblast.exe
> >then see link below on how to remove it
> >
> >http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w3
> 2.blaster.worm.html
> >
> >If anyone as a problem keeping there system up long
> enough to remove the
> >
> >virus try this first, you may have to be quick!
> >To end the Trojan process:
> >1. Press Ctrl+Alt+Delete once.
> >2. Click Task Manager.
> >3. Click the Processes tab.
> >4. Double-click the Image Name column header to
> alphabetically sort the
> >processes.
> >5. Scroll down the list and look for msblast.exe.
> >6. If you find the file, click it, and then click End
> Process.
> >7. Exit the Task Manager.
> >
> >
> >Alvin
> >
> >
> >Steve wrote:
> >
> >> Any ideas on why XP shuts down by itself? This just
> >> started happening. I have a firewall, anti-virus etc.
> >> Thanks
> >
> >.
> >