Okay - I have decent knowledge of computers - not as good as many experts here, but far better than "the average Joe". Two days ago I was infected with what appears to be something nasty. From the looks of it, it is the Sasser or Mydoom virus. I get the general shutdown message every minute and half or so "NT Authority\system - Windows mustnow restart becaquse the Remote Procedure Call (RPC) service terminated unexpectedly" --- fine I can buy myself time with the "shutdown -a" command.
Running all programs that are designed to find and fix mydoom, sasser and other variants, they find nothing. I am supposed to shut down the system restore, so that it can check the restore file, but when I go to do that, it says that it cannot be shutdown - to restart and try again. Restarting yields the same results. It seems whatever it is, it is hiding in the restore file (which is protected) and has blocked my access.
Also, the system will not load completely. For example, going to MSConfig and checking the Remote Procedure Call (RPC) to try and switch that off, I cannot. It says it is "starting", but never fully starts and if I select "properties," it does nothing. I am unable to "drag" anything. In addition, it has deleted all of my network connections, and even plugging directly into a network cable (this is a laptop), it cannot get anything, so I cannot get onto the internet to have anything else check. It will not let me create a new network connection either. But I do have up to date Symantec Anti-Virus and it cannot find anything. Microsoft released a Malware/Virus Checker today that checks for mydoom, sasser and others. I downloaded it on my desktop, moved it over on a USB port, and ran it - nothing.
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. It seems exacty like Sasser and others, but must be some variant - new or not, I don't know, but I can't seem to fix it, or even find it. I'd like to avoid having to wipe the drive if possible.
Thank you very much for your help.
