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Subject: Attention computer experts
my computer has been shutting itself down alot lately. Something about an rpc i think - i should remember what it is exactly since i see the message so much but it gives a 60 second countdown... and norton antivirus says there is nothng wrong. i'm going to go to the computer center sometime but i think some people here might know more than they do
remote procedure call... nt authority/system is involved its gonna shut me down again been online for less than 5b min
Subject: Re: Attention computer experts
sounds like you got the bug...
Subject: Re: Attention computer experts
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my computer has been shutting itself down alot lately. Something about an rpc i think - i should remember what it is exactly since i see the message so much but it gives a 60 second countdown... and norton antivirus says there is nothng wrong. i'm going to go to the computer center sometime but i think some people here might know more than they do
remote procedure call... nt authority/system is involved its gonna shut me down again been online for less than 5b min
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that sounds like one of the new viruses that's going around.. do an auto-update on your virus protection to get the latest patches
Subject: Re: Attention computer experts
Yeah, ouch. Don't open email attachments when you don't know who the sender is and when you do you should be careful. And by all means get those patches loaded. Tone definately has a virus. Sounds like the virus may be taking direction from a remote server somewhere if it is indeed using RPC. If you kniew the port it was broadcasting through you could block that port and stop it. An easier was is to download ZoneALarm. URL is zonealarm.com. This will allow you to control traffic going in and out of your system. There is a free download for home computers. This will stop the virus from taking commands if they are indeed coming in from an RPC server. ZoneALarm will suspend traffic in and out asking you on each one how to proceed. You can allow or disallow and have ZA handle what is identified automatically. I use it and it actually keeps a lot of screen spam to a minimum.
Subject: Re: Attention computer experts
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my computer has been shutting itself down alot lately. Something about an rpc i think - i should remember what it is exactly since i see the message so much but it gives a 60 second countdown... and norton antivirus says there is nothng wrong. i'm going to go to the computer center sometime but i think some people here might know more than they do
remote procedure call... nt authority/system is involved its gonna shut me down again been online for less than 5b min
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You have the blaster worm. Congrats. You have to go to http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com and download ALL of the critical updates. The go to http://www.symantec.com and get the fixblast.exe utility. Shut off System Restore and reboot your computer into safe mode. Run the utility, which will clean out the worm and its associated registry entries. Then you'll be free of it.
Subject: Re: Attention computer experts
Since the virus will prevent you from staying on the computer for any length of time. Try this:
If you can not connect to the Internet
1. Click Start and select "Run" from the menu
2. In the open line type "services.msc /s"
3. In the left pane, make sure "Services" or "Services and
Applications" is highlighted
4. In the right pane scroll down and locate the "Remote Procedure Call (RPC)" service
CAUTION: A Service named Remote Procedure Call (RPC)Locator exists.
Do not confuse the two
5. Right-click the Remote Procedure Call (RPC) service, and then click "Properties"
6. Click the "Recovery" tab
7. Using the drop-down lists, change "First failure, Second failure, and Subsequent failures" to "Restart the Service"
8. Click Apply, and then click OK