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by a92gmctruck

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every Half hr or so i get this pop up ,The system is shutting down. this shutdown was initiated by NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM. Meassage_ the system processC:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\Isass.exe terminated unexspectedly with status code 107374819. the system will now shut down and restart . What is happening?and how can i fix it?

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by joseph moore

That would be the Sasser worm (or one of its variants) that is triggering the vulnerability in LSASS.EXE process.
You need the MS04-011 patch to prevent this from happening.
Go here to read up on the Sasser worm, what it's doing, and the patch you need:
http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/sasser.mspx

After you patch, you should do a full antivirus scan to see if you're infected with anything that will use this vulnerability as a way in.

And think about getting a firewall. Pretty useful thing, firewalls.

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