Its a form of the sasser virus i think, forced to shutdown once. Its affecting the lsass.exe file. I can no longer boot into windows(safe mode included) because it comes up with an error at the winxp login screen, regarding the lsass.exe file. So at this point I need a way to clean the virus up from dos. The problem is its NTFS file system. wierd thing is i have all the windows updates.

All critical up-dates is good, but also an up-to-date AV is also important. Have you tried Stinger MIKE TYSON VIRUS quits after one byte

My apologies, I just noticed you said you can't boot up in either mode. Pls disregard my post MIKE TYSON VIRUS quits after one byte

You may be able to do something from the ultimate boot disk. Go here. http://www.majorgeeks.com/download518.html

i tried stinger when i was still able to boot into windows and it didnt find anything! this is the error i get at the winxp login. lsass.exe - system error security accounts manager initialization failed...error stats 0xc...0

You can try a system repair and it may get you up and running to clean the virus. How to do a system repair.--Boot from the xp cd and go past the recovery console to the install menu. Select repair the existing installation. You won't lose any data except the xp updates. Unless you have a slipstream sp1 cd you will have to d/l sp1 and all subsequent updates. You MUST have at least SP1 installed and the updates for security reasons. Be sure the firewall and A/V is active before going online as you will be susceptible to sasser and msblaster. If you don't want SP2 go to autopatcher.com and d/l SP1 and subsequent updates.

repaired through windows setup now i get a memory dump on startup and it resets too quickly to read the cause of it.