Re: generic host process shuts down the computer/internet

From: Carey Frisch [MVP] (mrxp2004_at_nospamyahoo.com)
Date: 12/11/03


Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 18:07:51 -0600

What You Should Know About the Blaster Worm and Its Variants
http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/blast.asp

Are you looking for info about the cause of "Remote Procedure Call (RPC)",
initiated by NT Authority\System error message that shuts down Windows
(you might also see svchost.exe error occasionally)?
http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1831.html

-- 
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
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<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message:
 news:115fe01c3bf76$b515b250$a601280a@phx.gbl...
| this error message comes up within minutes of internet 
| use:  generic host process for WIN32 services has 
| encountered a problem and needs to close.  We are sorry 
| for the inconvenience.  Subsequently, this window opens:  
| this shutdown was initiated by the NT Authority System - 
| RPC service terminated unexpectedly.  None of the 
| virus/worm detection systems have found anything.  Any 
| ideas what might be wrong?


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