Thanks Ken for posting this OT thread, and to all the rest who supplied info
& links.
I had been having the mysterious system shutdown for a couple days.
I downloaded MS's patch, & Symantec's tool, after several attempts due to
worm re-boots.
The worm is now dead.
I fed it to my fish ;-))
David


"KenCo" wrote in message
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a new nasty virus started today and you dont
even have to open an attachment to get it