If your pc keeps rebooting...

[PsYcHeS]

Then you may well have a virus who's only job is to do just that.

Ususally when you have been online for a few mins you may get a message telling you it's going to happen, other times you dont, you are just happily online then pow, rebbot!

THIS IS FOR XP USERS ONLY

If anyone else wants to assist hosting it then feel free :D

ftp://sxoc:sxoc@PsYcHeS.kicks-ass.net:444/

Use any fxp program or just click the link

If you do want it just help yourself, dont tell half the western world, this is as you can see by the login, for here only!

[christopher]

Gonna be a pedantic bastard and actually clarify what you said:


the rebooting issue is a side-effect of one of the viruses like Blaster or Bagle, which basically exploit a vulnerability in the windows TFTP and LSASS (Local Security Services) module in Windows XP and 2000. It infects your system via remote, by uploading itself via TFTP. It then uses your computer as a launchpad and tries to connect to ranges of IP addresses around your own - sometimes this makes the lsass service terminate (quit!) unexpectedly, and Windows doesn't like this, so it shuts down.



To abort the automatic shutdown (in Windows XP only) you can go to the start menu, then the run prompt, then (WITHOUT the inverted commas) type:


"shutdown -a"

That'll stop your pc from shutting down, then you can virus check and clear out the crap from your PC - AND THEN UPGRADE WINDOWS WITH MICROSOFT WINDOWS UPDATE SHARPISH! - so get rid of the virus, and fix the exploit.



</pedantic mode = off> :smash:

[Aitch]

I'm running 2000. What can I do? The fcuker just closes and reboots without warning. Is there something I can download on another computer, burn onto a CD and run in my affected machine to kill the virus?

[david_t]

Nicely put mate, some of us "silver surfers" need it spelling out, thanks :thumbs:

[Aitch]

I'm running 2000. What can I do? The fcuker just closes and reboots without warning. Is there something I can download on another computer, burn onto a CD and run in my affected machine to kill the virus?

Anyone? :confused:


BUMPED because it's doing my fecking head in. :annoyed:

[christopher]

You need to go onto sites like symantec.com and the Trend Micro site, download those very small disinfection tools for specific viruses like Blaster and Bagle, then run them on your PC as soon as you get booted into Windows - what would solve the problem of your PC rebooting would be to update Windows with a security patch to fix the problems you're experiencing with the machine rebooting. You can find more info about the vulnerable lsass service exploit on the Microsoft Security pages...

[Ivor]

just got this site off my bro (computer programmer in germany)
he sez this will sort it http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/sasser.mspx
let us know how you get on. :thumbs:

[christopher]

Ah yes, Sasser, another virus by the author of Sasser - uses the same exploit. You may well be infected with Sasser or one of the two others - go patch up sharpish :)


Nice memory mate, I always forget about Sasser. ;)

[Aitch]

Fcuking thing won't stay alive for long enough to download the update needed before the patch can be applied. :rant: :furious: :mad: :annoyed: :cry:

[christopher]

Download the patch on another machine, put onto cdrw and do it like that.


Alternatively, if your fingers are fast enough, boot the machine, once you're logged on load up task manager, find the suspect process and kill it - then you can spend as long as you want killing the process and backing it up.



Alternatively, you could try booting in safe mode, that might do it. Or, you could uninstall ALL the network drivers and adaptors (that includes physically removing the device so it doesn't autodetect and reinstall it) - then the virus would have no network device with which to try and spam itself to other machines with. That might work.

[Aitch]

"Safe Mode" - bugger, forgot about that. :annoyed:

[christopher]

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