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Hi I need some help big time

My machine just git the lsass.exe bug

I know there is a CMD promt you can use to stop the machine closing but I dont get time to find it any help really welcomed before I cry :-(

I'm assuming its on another machine and you can't boot it up.
I don't know if this will work but its worth a try.
There are linux distros that can run from a cd and booot you puter up.
Maybe you still got a chance but you might want to get someone that knows puters
I know this works from cd i tried it never played with it though it has recovery tools on it though
http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/

What does it have?
Damn Small Linux has a nearly complete desktop, including XMMS (MP3, and MPEG), FTP client, Dillo web browser, links-hacked web browser, spreadsheet, Sylpheed email, spellcheck (US English), a word-processor (Ted-GTK), four editors (SciTe, nVi, Zile [emacs clone], and Nano [Pico clone]), graphics editing and viewing (Xpaint, and xzgv), Xpdf, emelFM (file manager), Naim (AIM, ICQ, IRC), VNCviwer, Rdesktop, SSH/SCP server and client, DHCP client, PPP, PPPoE (ADSL), a web server, calculator, generic and GhostScript printer support, NFS, Fluxbox window manager, games, system monitoring apps, a host of command line tools, USB support, and pcmcia support, some wireless support. For more information check out the applications pages.

Click CTRL - ALT - DEL
Click on virus name
Click end task

which lsass bug are you referring to? lsass.exe is a required process as it runs the winlogon process for authentication

there are a few virii and trojans that exploit an old vulnerability in it but there are patches at Microsoft to get rid of that hole - but I would first get a bootable disk with a virus/trojan checker and verify your system is clean first - then report back here please :)

Thank you all for your help -

I formatted - I figured the time I was going to spend would be better spent doing other things.

Its a shitty thing but thats life and one of those things which we have to deal with online

|pcsucks| @ times

ouch the bootable would have got you in the system to clean it up and you would have lost nothing

I back up each night - ;-)