Thread: Computer won't stay on

i had the same problem yesterday.. called my isp to see if it was on their end.. and they said to download the patch.. no problems any more the only problem was staying on long enough to do it..

**THIS IS FROM A FRIEND OF MINE**

OK, there is a virus going around that your virus scan does not pick up on. It shuts down your comp!!! I had it, but thankfully an online friend got it all fixed for me.

It sends up a message saying your RPC has terminated and shuts down your computer. To read more about it, go too
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/tre...n/MS03-026.asp

http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/viru...WORM_MSBLAST.A

http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/ven...ster.worm.html

To get rid of it download and open:

http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...80-x86-ENU.exe

*DO NOT RESTART COMP YET*

Now d/l , unzip and run:

http://www.trendmicro.com/download/tsc.asp

*RESTART COMP NOW*

Go back the folder you unzipped too and look for the log folder. At the very end it will says :

WORM_MSBLAST.A[virus found]
-->delete process("C:\WINDOWS\System32\msblast.exe","","") success
-->delete file("C:\WINDOWS\System32\msblast.exe","","") success
-->delete registry data("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE","Software\Microsoft\Wind ows\CurrentVersion\Run","msblast.exe") success

Complete time : Tue Aug 12 02:40:39 2003

Execute pattern count(481), Virus clean count(1), Clean failed count(0)

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MAYBE THIS CAN HELP.

I'm so glad I'm not the only one having problems w/ the computer! Thanks, everyone, for the links to FIX this pesky worm!

Originally posted by FatWallit
Sounds like you got that worm thats going around

Heres a fix for it

http://www.microsoft.com/security/se...s/ms03-026.asp

That is what i was going to say..hubby called and tole me there is a virus going around called msblast (I think that is what he said)It tok down my MIL's brand new computer yesterday, and hubby said the alot of the accounts that he works with (works for the state have come down). Hubby is a computer tech..He said they are not sure how these pc's agre gettign this virus..Said the signature of the virus is wacky

http://www.ksdk.com/news/news_articl...?storyid=45224

Computer Infection Spreads, Plaguing Tens Of Thousands; Experts See Coordinated Attack
8/12/2003 12:59:14 PM

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By MATT MOORE
AP Business Writer

STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) -- Computers mysteriously restarted and tens of thousands of people lost Internet access as a virus-like network infection spread Tuesday in Europe and Asia.

Security officials said the Internet worm, dubbed "LovSan," was part of a coordinated electronic attack that exploited a serious flaw in Microsoft Corp.'s Windows operating systems.

The worm was first reported Monday in the United States and, while appearing not to delete files or otherwise incur permanent damage, knocked many computers offline.

Across Asia and Europe, it struck many businesses as they opened and workers logged on, spreading without the need for user intervention.

Graham Cluley, a senior technology consultant with Sophos PLC in Britain, said his company started getting reports about the infection from Australia and then in Europe.

The virus was "highly spread" across Germany, said Michael Dickopf, a spokesman at the Federal Office for Security in Computer Technology, adding that the office had received several calls from companies that were suffering problems.

A server at the offices of automaker BMW was downed by the virus, spokesman Eckhard Vannieck said. The problems did not affect production and the company expected to have it repaired by the end of the day.

In Sweden, Internet provider TeliaSonera said about 20,000 of its customers were affected after the infection clogged 40 servers that handled Internet traffic. Spokeswoman Lena Rosell said customers had their service restored by late morning.

Internet security company F-secure said about 900 computers in Sweden were infected by LovSan.

Computers infected by LovSan were programmed to automatically launch an attack Saturday on windowsupdate.com, a Web site Microsoft uses to avail customers of software patches that can prevent such infections.

Microsoft had posted a free patch on the Web site to protect Windows users after it warned on July 16 about one of the most serious flaws ever discovered in its flagship Windows operating system.

Nearly all versions of Windows are affected.

The high-profile alerts issued by Microsoft notwithstanding, many businesses did not initially install the patches and scrambled Tuesday to shore up their computers.

"People are too laid back. Microsoft doesn't do these warnings for fun," said Cluley. "I think a lot of people have gotten into the habit of thinking viruses only come in via e-mails.”

S.C. Leung, spokesman for the Hong Kong Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination Center, said some home computers crashed, possibly a side effect of the infection, also dubbed "blaster.”

Individual users and small businesses appeared to be at greater risk than bigger companies, which typically have thorough firewalls that can stem such attacks. But once such a worm gets inside a firewall, unprotected computers are vulnerable.

South Korea's Information and Communication Ministry said that about 1,900 cases of the infection were reported there.

"The situation is slowly calming down, but we are still getting fresh reports of infections," said Cho Kyu-il, a ministry official.

In Denmark, the effects of the attack were limited, but rising.

"The tendency is rising and we're getting more reports of attacks," said Preben Andersen, head of Denmark's official virus watchdog agency, DK CERT. "There must be at least a couple of thousand PCs infected with this worm (in Denmark).”

In Italy, Barbara Paramatti of Microsoft said numerous complaints had come from private customers who probably didn't have the software to prevent the virus. No companies using Microsoft products had complained, she said.

(Copyright 2003 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

I had this! I got the patch from microsoft downloaded and it is all working now. Do I need to do some sort of virus clean thing now? I ran my virus scan and nothing found.

So can you get free antivirus or is it even worth bothering. Knowing free means you get what you pay for???