lsass Virus Removal
The Sasser virus worm is the most recent, and one of the most virulent, viruses to impact Windows-based systems. Unlike previous outbreaks, Sasser doesn't even need you to use email or, for that matter, even be in your machine to infect your computer and continue spreading. It exploits a recently patched vulnerability in something called LSASS.EXE .
Yep, it's a nasty one and an example of sophisticated virus attempts yet to come. Even if you're not infected, this is an opportunity to review and implement the steps to keep your computer safe.
First, how do you know you have it? Unfortunately, Sasser shares several behaviors common with other recent viruses. The most common sign is that your machine will indicate that there is a problem and will reboot in 60 seconds. The message caused by Sasser should indicate that the problem with LSASS virus.
You should be able to abort the shutdown within those first 60 seconds by doing the following:
• Press the Start button and then the Run menu item.
• Type shutdown -a. That's the "shutdown" command, with the "-a" option, which stands for "abort the pending shutdown".
• Press OK.
This doesn't fix anything, it just lets you get on with the business of disinfecting your computer.
...Where nothing can possibli go wrong!
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