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Name: colda
Date: March 21, 2007 at 04:14:16 Pacific
OS: XP Pro
CPU/Ram: amd athlon
Comment:

Hi guys,every time I try to do anything in Control Panel I get "cannot find rundll32.exe"
Is there anyone out there who could e mail this to me?
Thanks,
Col



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Name: Johnw
Date: March 21, 2007 at 04:25:47 Pacific
Reply:

I suspect you are infected.

Use HiJackThis to track down or check for possible infections.
Here is all the the info needed to empower yourself, anything you are not sure of, put into a search engine like Google.
Read this link 1st, it has step by step.
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/show...
Important: Create a specific folder on your hard drive called HijackThis to keep its backups.
You can do this by going to My Computer (Windows key+e) then double click on C: then right click and select New then Folder and name it HijackThis. Download and unzip HijackThis.exe into this folder.
http://www.merijn.org/downloads.html Or, http://tomcoyote.com/hjt/ Or, http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/...
If possible run HJT in Normal mode ( not Safe ) with all your normal startup's working.
HijackThis Tutorial - How to Analyse your own log.
http://spywarewarrior.com/viewtopic...
http://hometown.aol.co.uk/jrmc137/h...
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tut...
http://www.malwarehelp.org/understa...
HijackThis log file analysis ( online )
http://hijackthis.de/index.php?lang...
Or,
http://startup.networktechs.com/pag...
http://hjt.iamnotageek.com
Malware Prevention: Prevent Re-infection
http://wiki.castlecops.com/Malware_...


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Response Number 2
Name: street1
Date: March 21, 2007 at 04:27:10 Pacific
Reply:

You can download DLL's

http://www.dll-files.com/


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Response Number 3
Name: elearn
Date: March 21, 2007 at 11:56:33 Pacific
Reply:


this link should help you
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/812340


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Response Number 4
Name: colda
Date: March 22, 2007 at 06:34:24 Pacific
Reply:

Thanks guys,will let you know what if anything works,Col


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Response Number 5
Name: colda
Date: March 24, 2007 at 07:01:24 Pacific
Reply:


Thanks for your help guys,followed the advice from Johnw and everything is now Hunky Dory.
Thanks Johnw
Col


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Response Number 6
Name: Johnw
Date: March 24, 2007 at 09:34:38 Pacific
Reply:

Good news Col, thanks.


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