Invalid Application Data

hello all,
I am running win98se and recently got bombarded with all sorts of trojans
and parasites, thankfully they have all been removed.
Since then I get a small dialogue box stating "DSC invalid
application".(this is only on reboot/startup) It has an ' ok ' button which
when clicked removes it but brings up one of those ' this program has
performed an illegal operation' dialogues (which also has DSC written in the
heading).
I click on the x then it disappears and the computer runs fine.
Anyone got any idea what may be going on?
Like i say, the computer runs fine after getting rid of them.

thanks for replies
jane

"chamkita" wrote in message
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hello all,
I am running win98se and recently got bombarded with all sorts of trojans
and parasites, thankfully they have all been removed.
Since then I get a small dialogue box stating "DSC invalid
application".(this is only on reboot/startup) It has an ' ok ' button
which
when clicked removes it but brings up one of those ' this program has
performed an illegal operation' dialogues (which also has DSC written in
the
heading).
I click on the x then it disappears and the computer runs fine.

It is not clear whether you have on the hard drive
DSC which does not run or whether one of your
startup or SYSEDIT files calls DSC which is
not on the hard drive.
(1) Search the hard drive for this app and
remove or rename or segregate it if found.
(2) Search SYSEDIT files or Registry for this
bogus file call and remove it.

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

It is not clear whether you have on the hard drive
DSC which does not run or whether one of your
startup or SYSEDIT files calls DSC which is
not on the hard drive.
(1) Search the hard drive for this app and
remove or rename or segregate it if found.
(2) Search SYSEDIT files or Registry for this
bogus file call and remove it.

Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)


hi don.....
i had a similar scenario myself before my crash (have since totally
installed new OS) and never knew what it was.
If she finds and removes as you have pointed out, will it also take care of
the ' illegal operation ' dialogue that follows?
just curious

g/h

It is not clear whether you have on the hard drive
DSC which does not run or whether one of your
startup or SYSEDIT files calls DSC which is
not on the hard drive.
(1) Search the hard drive for this app and
remove or rename or segregate it if found.
(2) Search SYSEDIT files or Registry for this
bogus file call and remove it.

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)


thank you don.
It was a 1.3meg .exe that had placed itself in my isp dial-up folder.
It is in a few places in the registry according to a search i did with
regalyzer but i'm not too sure about messing around in there.
Anyhow, I cut and pasted the .exe onto a floppy and re-booted
and I dont get the Invalid Application dialogue and neither do I
get the Illegal Operation one that followed.
Is it okay to leave the registry references as they are; its not like
they are refering to anything now?

thanks for help
jane

"chamkita" wrote in message
...

It is not clear whether you have on the hard drive
DSC which does not run or whether one of your
startup or SYSEDIT files calls DSC which is
not on the hard drive.
(1) Search the hard drive for this app and
remove or rename or segregate it if found.
(2) Search SYSEDIT files or Registry for this
bogus file call and remove it.


thank you don.
It was a 1.3meg .exe that had placed itself in my isp dial-up folder.
It is in a few places in the registry according to a search i did with
regalyzer but i'm not too sure about messing around in there.
Anyhow, I cut and pasted the .exe onto a floppy and re-booted
and I dont get the Invalid Application dialogue and neither do I
get the Illegal Operation one that followed.
Is it okay to leave the registry references as they are; its not like
they are refering to anything now?

Yes, if you do not mind error messages (reporting
bogus file not found) you can leave them. But since
you are sure this is a bogus file you can remove
all Registry keys that call it. (Save the Registry
first, in case you prefer to restore it.)

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)