Remember the eleventh commandment; THOU SHALT UPDATE THY COMPUTER REGULARLY
:) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of stuart heimdal Sent: dinsdag 12 augustus 2003 7:15 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: <lingo-l> Seriously OT: Automatic shutdown of Windows XP I've noticed that it goes away when I'm not connected to the Internet. I'll be doing a clean sweep just in case. -Stuart On Monday, August 11, 2003, at 07:03 PM, Diego Landro wrote: > From what you tell it seems some kind of virus/hacker activity. Try > using a > firewall or disconnect from the internet and try to boot the computer > with > no connectiosn (if you haven�t done so already). If you did that maybe > it�s > a virus or some kind of hack sent to you by someone when connected to > the > internet and which is active since then. In this case your best option > (and > also the more annoying) is to perform a clean install of the system > (better > if you even format the hard drive (another degree of annoyingness, > but...) > cuase if it�s a virus maybe formatting the hard drive is the only way > to get > rid of the bastard. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ross Clutterbuck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Lingo-L List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 6:18 PM > Subject: <lingo-l> Seriously OT: Automatic shutdown of Windows XP > > >> Dear all >> >> Forgive the massively OT nature of this post but it's always good to >> ask >> fellow puter bods... >> >> Is anybody experiencing or has seen a problem with Windows XP recently >> involving an automatic shutdown? My brother and a friend are both >> experiencing this issue. Within minutes of Windows booting up they >> receive > a >> dialog informing them of a remote shutdown request through the Remote >> Procedure Call client (RPC) from NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM (basically it >> seems >> like a standard remote shutdown request without the remote request!). >> >> I've hit various virus labs and resources for info on a RPC >> vulnerability > or >> virus which would do this and can't find anything so far. Anybody know >> anything more, or have fixed it (like turning off the whole RPC >> subsystem > :D >> and throwing Windows in the bin). >> >> Sorry again >> >> Ross >> >> P.S. I'd appreciate it if all you Mac users waiting until I left >> before > you >> snigger at the flaws we wintel users have to put up with... >> >> [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to > http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, > email > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). > Lingo-L is > for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!] > > [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to > http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, > email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email > [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with > programming Lingo. Thanks!] > -Stuart Heimdal [EMAIL PROTECTED] 801-604-5300 [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!] [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
