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NT authority shutting me down dcom server process launcher

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by major_mimbob

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Hi there, please can someone help me or offer me some advice before i go completely mad.

I went away for the weekend, leaving the family computer in the hands of my father (a mistake to begin with), when i got back,

everytime the compter is loaded up a message from NT AUTHORITY comes up, proclaiming that 'dcom server process launcher' has a problem por something, it then shuts down in 60 seconds. This happens everytime without fail.

Ive looked online, and it says one of two thing: a worm, (which i have run the blaster worm erwmover to no avail) or that i have a KillAV trojan.

The thing that is really puzzling is that on my account, the warning comes up but i can get rid of it with shutdown -a, and i can most of the time go online etc...., i can spysweep and wash my files. However on my dads account, i cannot sweep, as it says it is not installed properly, and i cannot clean the files etc....

So i am thinking that it i my dads account that is infected... i dont know how to proceed now as i am at my wits end....

Any suggestions would be so so helpful thanks for your time

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by sketch83

This was the first article I came across when I started looking for a resolution to this problem so I thought I'd post here with the fix I found. Though your post was quite a while ago, I thought it might help anyone else with this annoying problem who comes across this page. My step father opened an attatchment on a dodgey email and kaput! The PC would Restart and 50 seconds after logging in, it would shut down again.

I've read a few articles on rootkit and invisible malware detectors and saw that a few people were getting BSODs trying to run them. But I found one that worked fine! it's called SDFix and you can download it here:

http://downloads.andymanchesta.com/RemovalTools/SDFix_ReadMe.htm

It's not the prettiest of pages, but the program did the trick. Make sure you follow the instructions carefully and run a complete scan once you're able to run the pc out of safe mode (wihout Shutdown -a) Good luck to anyone else who gets this annoying virus :/ hope this is useful to you.

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