lsass.exe? A utility of a virus?

Hello.

I am using Win XP Professional.

I have noticed that a program called 'lsass.exe' causes my computer to hang
very often. Then I asked a friend of mine to see if it is a virus. (He is
using Win XP Home Edition) He said 'yes' and advised me to delete it. But
when I try closing in the Task Manager, it said that 'This (lsass.exe) is a
critical system process. Task Manager cannot end this process.'

I can't terminate this thing, let alone getting rid of it.

Is it really a virus? Or just another background utility?
Thanks.
--
Xero

http://www.chezjeff.net

Not a virus. THought the same thing myself about 3 months
ago. Check out
http://www.liutilities.com/products/...pro/processlib
rary/lsass/

I see.
Thank you very very very much.

"Roger" wrote:

Not a virus. THought the same thing myself about 3 months
ago. Check out
http://www.liutilities.com/products/...pro/processlib
rary/lsass/

the virus is called 'sasser' and it causes lsass to crash. lsass is not
the infected file just the os service that gets attacked.

"Xero" wrote in message
...
I see.
Thank you very very very much.

"Roger" wrote:

Not a virus. THought the same thing myself about 3 months
ago. Check out
http://www.liutilities.com/products/...pro/processlib
rary/lsass/

this is a microsoft program do not delete for info
following site: http://www.iamnotageek.com/a/119-p1.php
-----Original Message-----
Hello.

I am using Win XP Professional.

I have noticed that a program called 'lsass.exe' causes
my computer to hang
very often. Then I asked a friend of mine to see if it is
a virus. (He is
using Win XP Home Edition) He said 'yes' and advised me
to delete it. But
when I try closing in the Task Manager, it said
that 'This (lsass.exe) is a
critical system process. Task Manager cannot end this
process.'

I can't terminate this thing, let alone getting rid of it.

Is it really a virus? Or just another background utility?
Thanks.
--
Xero

http://www.chezjeff.net
.

I would change the font and then look at it. The sasser virus is clever. It
is really a capital "I" instead of a lowercase l. The font makes the capital
I and lowercase l indistinquishable.

lsass is a utility, whereas Isass is a virus.

"nito" wrote:

this is a microsoft program do not delete for info
following site: http://www.iamnotageek.com/a/119-p1.php
-----Original Message-----
Hello.

I am using Win XP Professional.

I have noticed that a program called 'lsass.exe' causes
my computer to hang
very often. Then I asked a friend of mine to see if it is
a virus. (He is
using Win XP Home Edition) He said 'yes' and advised me
to delete it. But
when I try closing in the Task Manager, it said
that 'This (lsass.exe) is a
critical system process. Task Manager cannot end this
process.'

I can't terminate this thing, let alone getting rid of it.

Is it really a virus? Or just another background utility?
Thanks.
--
Xero

http://www.chezjeff.net
.