Missing DDL file

I am traveling - using my Acer 340T notebook with ME upgrade from Windows 98
installed - yes I know this is old, all my other computers (several) have XP.
This is my traveling companion right now - but it has a problem.

Upon opening, Wndows System Directory opens automatically.

Then I get a RUNDLL error message - missing the following file:

C:\WINDOWS\BXXS5.DLL

Have searched Windows Sites fruitlessly. Anybody know why I am missing this
file and where I can get a copy of it to download?

Computer is working - albeit - not flawlessly.
--
AgriTravlr - seeing the world with new eyes!

BXXS5.dll is a missing file that you certainly don't want, or at least one
I would prefer not to have installed on any of my systems.

BXXS5.DLL is a malicious file associated with the BookedSpace parasite.
For more details including how to remove this pest see
http://www.doxdesk.com/parasite/BookedSpace.html and also
http://www.kephyr.com/spywarescanner...ce/index.phtml. I
suspect however that your antivirus application may have already removed
BXXS5.DLL from your system but would nevertheless strongly recommend you
to check out the two articles I mentioned.

Use MSConfig (Start, Run, enter MSConfig in the box and click OK), open
the Startup tab and uncheck the box to the left of the line containing a
reference to BXXS5.DLL. OK and Apply and reboot. Hopefully this should
prevent you seeing the message in future.

This would be a good time to download yourself a copy of the free Ad-Aware
SE Personal edition from Lavasoft
(http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/) and also SpyBot Search &
Destroy 1.3 (http://www.safer-networking.org/) and use them to check your
system for other commercial parasites remembering that they are only as
good as when you last updated their reference files. I also use a program
called BHODemon (http://www.definitivesolutions.com/bhodemon.htm that
checks for unwanted Browser Help Objects and SpywareBlaster
(http://www.wilderssecurity.net/spywareblaster.html) which can help
prevent some parasites getting a grip on your PC.

Then there is CWShredder the latest version of which can be downloaded
(free) from http://www.intermute.com/spysubtract..._download.html
which is the best way of getting rid of the many forms of the
CoolWebSearch hijacker.

Finally if you still continue to experience problems download a copy of
HijackThis from (http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html).
Create a folder called HJT on C: (not on your desktop nor in your temp
folder) and copy the file you downloaded to that folder. Close as many
applications as you can including all instances of Internet Explorer.
Enable Explorer to see all files and folders (Tools | Folder Options |
View and check "Show hidden files and folders" and uncheck "Hide protected
operating system files") and then run hijackthis.exe and post back the log
to either the HijackThis Forum at http://forums.spywareinfo.com/ or
alternatively http://forum.aumha.org/viewforum.php?f=30 and hopefully this
will enable someone to identify the cause of your problem.

See also: Dealing with Unwanted Malware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search
Engines http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm and also Browser
Hijacking http://www.spywareinfo.com/articles/hijacked/
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



Agritravlr wrote:

I am traveling - using my Acer 340T notebook with ME upgrade from
Windows 98 installed - yes I know this is old, all my other computers
(several) have XP. This is my traveling companion right now - but it
has a problem.

Upon opening, Wndows System Directory opens automatically.

Then I get a RUNDLL error message - missing the following file:

C:\WINDOWS\BXXS5.DLL

Have searched Windows Sites fruitlessly. Anybody know why I am
missing this file and where I can get a copy of it to download?

Computer is working - albeit - not flawlessly.