hard drive or software (OS) issue

message from mgm on 10 Jun 2004
I recently received an error msg and a forced shut-down of the computer
concerning lsass.exe failing to execute. What is this file and what does it
do? Should I expect a hardware problem or is this a software issue? thanks
 
bud replied to mgm on 10 Jun 2004
you have the sasser worm. Read here,
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.sasser.worm.html
 
roger replied to mgm on 11 Jun 2004
Hi,

HOW TO: Enable or Disable Internet Connection Firewall in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q283673

What You Should Know About the Sasser Worm and Its Variants
http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/sasser.asp

What You Should Know About the Blaster Worm
http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/blast.asp

A tool is available to remove the Sasser worm variants
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;841720

The stinger tool helps in detecting and
cleaning the Sasser worm.
http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/

Download this update
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS04-011
Security Update for Microsoft Windows (835732)
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS04-011.mspx

Enable your firewall.

MORE ON SECURITY:

Three steps you can take to improve your computer's security:
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

321050 Description of a Personal Firewall
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=321050

HTH
 

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