shut down

[thedaymaster]

hi

i recently installed aolbroadband and started encountering problems with a warning that the pc will shutdown in 1 minute.
i formatted the drive and reinstalled broadband but still get this warning and eventual shutdown occuring
i am running xp on an p4 processor with a clean 40 gb hard drive

regards

[Joe H]

Sounds like the blaster virus mate. Suggest you do a search on google for a cleaner then do the windows updates.

[Memphis]

And get a decent firewall.

[BlackDiamondJr]

It sounds like you have been infected with the W32.Blaster.Worm. If you are not running the Microsoft RPC patch or a firewall you will get infected within minutes of connecting to the Internet. That's why you got it again after you reformatted. You don't even have to do a thing to get infected but hook up an Internet connection, especially a broadband connection which is always on.

W32.Blaster.Worm Removal Tool (http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.blaster.worm.removal.tool.html) and instructions on how to use it along with links to required downloads are available.

But you must use a firewall, even the Windows XP built-in firewall, and you must download and install the Microsoft RPC patch even before you begin removal.

[thedaymaster]

many thanks to you all


regards

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