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URGENT - BLASTER LIKE VIRUS, PC IN CONTINUOUS SHUT DOWN LOOP

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From: A Whiteford
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 09:48

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I got the Blaster virus when it was going around a couple of months ago.  I
downloaded the patch, ran it etc and everything seemed to be OK until last
night.  My PC has gone into a continuous shutdown loop since then.

I power up and approximately 2 minutes later I get the message which came
with Blaster that it's being auto powered down.  It turns itself off.  The
first time this happened I ran Norton's AV which I'd auto updated last week.
It didn't identify any viruses.  I also looked at the original Blaster patch
information and did a search for the Blaster.exe file - nothing on the PC
(including in hidden folders).

Q.    So do I have the Blaster virus or something that mimics it?

Since the original power down the time lag between auto power downs has
decreased so I only have a couple of minutes MAX before the PC auto shuts
down
 - can't get anything done on PC in that time


Q.    How do I stop this process so I can get an appropriate patch
installed?

I've been advised to look at a site with info about the
w32.hllw.gaobot.az.virus info but it's pretty useless if I can't get the PC
to stay powered up long enough to download the required patch.

Advice appreciated
Thanks

Anne

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