This sounds very much like the Blaster Worm.
I have an adequate 2+ year old E-machine, which came with Windows ME. I really got tired of the instability and recently purchase Windows XP-Professional. The installation worked well, but I have one problem. I'm sure this is a simple fix that someone with more experience will recognize. XP shuts the system down when I go on the internet. I get a message and it shuts down in 60 seconds then restarts. Does anyone have any suggestions.

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