From Leo's mailbag:
> From: A Computer User
> Sent: June 12, 2005
> To: Ask Leo!
> Subject: My computer just shut down on me
>
> Leo,
> My computer just shut down on me while I was brousing the
> internet. Then, it started itself up again. This isn't the
> first time it's happened but It happened very rarely. I
> thought nothing of it untill this one fatefull hour a couple
> days ago when my computer just down and tried to restart.
> When the user login screen should ahve came up it didn't but
> a note did. It had the title of either "lsass.exe" or "Isass.exe"
>
> Starting with an L or an I I can't really tell. Now, I can't
> use my computer or play my computer games. I am using my
> extra computer to type this.
Sounds like you've been infected with a virus. It also sounds
like this is the appropriate article to start with:
http://ask-leo.com/what_are_lsass_lsassexe_and_sasser_and_how_do_i_know_if_im_infected_what_do_i_do_if_i_am.html
Thanks for asking!
Leo
Article 412
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Viruses and Malware