what does nt/authorising shutdown mean

[fragmast3r]

My bro in law, has a problem with his pc when he goes online after a few minutes it comes up

nt/authorising shutdown, then it shutdowns pc

problem is i reckon its a nt op system error but he is running xp?

any ideas

[marcus]

Has he got the latest patches from WindowsUpdate and also updated and done a full virusscan? Sounds a little like a virus which was doing the rounds a while back, although I presume that would of expired by now.

Check that first of all, then take a look in his EventLog (start/run/eventvwr) to see if there are any clues in there.

[fragmast3r]

phoned and asked him and he just wnet erm dunno

im off up there armed with norton internet security 2k4 in a while to help him, if the virus scan dont work i'll do the event thing u said see if that spreads any light

cheers
jason

[Ginger Tosser]

Try visiting the Microsoft website for details of the Blaster worm. From my firewall log it looks like theres plenty of unaware users around.

[wod]

thats the blaster worm. install the patch from the ms website and that should sort it

[fragmast3r]

cheers all


the blaster worm is what it is, or should i say WAS!!

many thanks
jason