Re: Hacker or Virus???

From: Nicholas (mrxp2004_at_nospamyahoo.com)
Date: 09/25/03 

Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 09:32:25 -0500

You did not mention if you have a "firewall" enabled. You need to
enable XP's firewall to help prevent hackers from entering and taking
over your system. Also, visit the Windows Update website and download
all the available "critical updates".

Windows Update: http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/en/default.asp

Open XP's "Help and Support" and type: FIREWALL , and hit enter.
Click on the topic titled "Enable or Disable Internet Connection Firewall".

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-- 
Nicholas
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"Eric Rosenwinkel" <e.rosenwinkel@verizon.net> wrote in message:
 news:106e201c38368$72cb2820$a601280a@phx.gbl...
| Last night I had my DSL connection open and had stepped 
| away from the computer when suddenly I saw an alert come 
| up saying the system was shutting down.  A timer was 
| counting down from 1 minute, saying save all work, etc.  
| Then a box appeared saying 'some Windows XP files were 
| being overwritten by unrecognized versions, you may need 
| to insert your Windows XP installation disk.'  The system 
| shut down and when it restarted everything seemed normal 
| except that it shut down again the same way within about 3 
| minutes (this time the DSL connection wasn't logged on).  
| I reinstalled Windows XP (actually I selected the 'repair' 
| option) and when it finished, I logged on as a different 
| user (not administrator) and things seemed ok, except that 
| my DSL network connection icon had disappeared in the 
| Network Connections panel.  I wasn't able to set it up 
| again so I 'switched users' to the original administrator 
| user account.  On that desktop I had a shortcut to my DSL 
| connection but it didn't work.  Again, the DSL network 
| connection icon was missing in the Network Connections 
| panel so I called my ISP tech assistance line.  While on 
| the phone with them, they instructed me to reboot and 
| after I did that, ALL icons were missing in the Network 
| Connections panel.  About 30 seconds later, the system 
| shut down on it's own as above.  When the dialogue box 
| saying it was replacing Windows files appeared, I simply 
| turned off the power and it remains off for the moment.
| 
| My computer is not on a network.  It's the only computer 
| in my home.  I don't open attachments I don't expect - I 
| even have the preview pane turned off.  However, I did not 
| have anti-virus software installed at the time and I did 
| have the telnet service activated, under Administrator 
| services.
| 
| Could this be the work of a hacker, or does it sound like 
| a virus?  Any advice would be appreciated.
| 
| Thanks!

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