WHAT DO I DO

Re: WHAT DO I DO


Maybe this Microsoft Knowledge Base article can help you.

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=301684

Re: WHAT DO I DO


That pretty much fully fits the symptom list of the Blaster Worm, also discussed at length on an A2K thread beginning HERE.

First thing you've gotta do is abort the shutdown. Click Start> Run.
In the open box (clear it first if anything is already there), type, without the quotes, "shutdown -a"
Note the space between "shutdown" and "-a", and don't forget to place the dash ("-") immediately in front of "a"

Click "OK" or hit <ENTER>. That oughtta keep your machine from entering that reboot loop.

Next, I recommend you run the Microsoft Malicious Software Tool

Other tools that should deal with this are:

Symantec W32.Blaster.Worm Removal Tool

Webroot Software MSBLAST REMOVER

F-Secure Lovsan/Blaster Tool

McAffee/Avert STINGER

It is highly unlikely that is the extent of your machine's problems. It might be a good idea to see THIS TOPIC and follow the proceedure listed there, posting back here with the resulting logs and reports.