5-4-3-2-1 then shut itself off... help...

[Tanner]

HP Pavilion
Running windows XP
It will periodically show a message that it is shutting down in 5-4-3-2-1 - then shut itself off. I just have to restart as normal - but can't seem to keep it running on its own. Is there a setting somewhere in XP that is doing this?

 

[1966]

Looks like you got the blaster worm,do windows update.

W32.Blaster.Worm - RPC vulnerability causes reboots in Windows NT, 2K, and XP.

 

[spyordie007]

after you run windows updates to patch the vulnerability you still have to clean it.

Stinger generally does a decent job:
http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/

 

[Tanner]

yall are so fast it's scary

35 minutes and it's diagnosed and FIXED

Thanks!

 

[screw3d]

Haha.. yet another blaster victim. I knew that this was one of them when I saw the topic

 

[suklee]

Originally posted by: screw3d
Haha.. yet another blaster victim. I knew that this was one of them when I saw the topic

Same here
... those things hit FAST if you're putting a new unprotected machine online

 

[easternerd]

just check wheather you have 2 files in
windows/system32/wins/

the first one is the worm msblast.exe
the other one is the svchost.exe which is actually a tftp server in disguise
both of them are loaded in services.
to identify the tftp server check the svchost.exe with the | system | credentials....
hope it helps.

 

[SoulAssassin]

While you're at it, turn on the XP firewall. Not a guarantee against this happening in the future but a help, assuming your on a broadband connection right click on network neighborhood (which is hopefully on your desktop), properties, right click on Local Area Connection, properties, and enable the firewall under the advanced tab.