Random Shutdowns? You May Have a Worm

**Anilrgowda** · 16-Dec-2006, 10:07 AM

Random Shutdowns? You May Have a Worm

SUMMARY: A virus or worm may cause your Windows XP machine to turn off unexpectedly.

Does your Windows XP system randomly shut down or try to reboot every few minutes? If so, your machine *may* be infected with the Blaster, Sasser, or other worms. I say *may* because I don't want to scare you - there are other things that may be causing these random shutdowns, but if you are experiencing this annoyance, you may want to check out the following sites on Microsoft.com that explain the Blaster and Sasser worms, how to stop your system from getting exploited again by the worms, and how to completely remove the worms from your system. The web addresses:

http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/blast.asp
http://www.microsoft.com/security/inceident/sasser.asp

16-Dec-2006, 10:07 AM	#1 (permalink)
Anilrgowda Administrator Posts: 18,702 Join Date: Jan 2006 Rep Power: 10 IM:	Random Shutdowns? You May Have a Worm Random Shutdowns? You May Have a Worm SUMMARY: A virus or worm may cause your Windows XP machine to turn off unexpectedly. Does your Windows XP system randomly shut down or try to reboot every few minutes? If so, your machine may be infected with the Blaster, Sasser, or other worms. I say may because I don't want to scare you - there are other things that may be causing these random shutdowns, but if you are experiencing this annoyance, you may want to check out the following sites on Microsoft.com that explain the Blaster and Sasser worms, how to stop your system from getting exploited again by the worms, and how to completely remove the worms from your system. The web addresses: http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/blast.asp http://www.microsoft.com/security/inceident/sasser.asp

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