This is my problem:
Installed fresh copy of win xp, however it needs 50-odd updates. the problem is that after a few mintues of connection to the internet I get a message saying that I chose to end LSA shell, this is soon followed by a message saying that a shutdown has been initiated by NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM.

I had a similar problem before with msblaster worm (I think) and I'm sure one of windows security updates will fix it. Problem is I can't stay online long enough to get this stuff or even see what it all is.

Could someone please tell me the file I need to d/l to stop this happening. I have firewalled the connection btw.

Thanks very much

Go to Steve Gibson's site and get the utility to stop DCOM.
http://grc.com/dcom/
Here's some sites to download the patches and removal tools.
http://securityresponse.symantec.com...oval.tool.html
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=833330