Re: LSA shell issas.exe

From: Bruce Chambers (bchambers_at_nospamcableone.net)
Date: 05/13/04


Date: Wed, 12 May 2004 20:53:02 -0600

Greetings --

    Haven't seen a newspaper or news broadcast in the past week?

    You've apparently contracted the latest worm, W32.Sasser.Worm,
specifically designed to attack people who do not update their
computers promptly and who do not practice "safe hex." In other
words, like Blaster, this worm was developed and distributed _after_ a
patch for the vulnerability was announced and made publicly available.
Further, and also like Blaster, this worm could not affect any
computer whose user had taken the basic precaution of using a properly
configured firewall.

    To stay on-line long enough to get the necessary updates, patches,
and removal tools, click Start > Run, and enter "shutdown -a" when the
next RPC countdown begins. This will abort the shut down. Also, make
sure you've enabled a firewall before starting, to preclude any more
intrusions while getting the updates/patches/tools.

What You should Know about the Sasser Worm and its Variants
http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/sasser.asp

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS04-011
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS04-011.mspx

W32.Sasser.Worm
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.sasser.worm.html

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

W32.Sasser.Worm Removal Tool
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.sasser.removal.tool.html

McAfee AVert Stinger Virus Removal Tool
http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/

Bruce Chambers

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"Pedro" <MEXFRMDTOWN04@peoplepc.com> wrote in message 
news:737C17F4-8250-4EBD-8663-4AA2114BA5E6@microsoft.com...
>I recently factory restored my computer and then installed peoplepc. 
>Not to long after i get on the internet an error message pops up 
>saying something about LSA Shell encountering a problem.  Then a few 
>seconds later I get a pop up that says  my computer will shutdown in 
>60 sec.  Something about C:\\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\Issas.exe.
> I have gotten removal tools for the blaster virus and the sasser, 
> but it says i have neither virus. SOMEONE PLEASE HELP!!!!! 


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