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Viruses and missing DLL'S
After having some viruses on my computer: Trj/Downloader.L
that Panda software disinfected and Eicar.Mod that Panda Renamed I am left with The Univ.AP virus that the software only reported and does not appear to be able to do anything with. How can I delete it? Also since being infected I am getting the following message: "Rundll Error loading. C\Windows\System\MSA64CHK.DLL The system cannot find the file spec." How can I get this file back? I am using Windows ME which is installed over Windows 98 and Windows 98SE. Since having these problems my computer has begun to run slowly. I am an OAP so any help will be greatly appreciated. Please reply to my own E-mail address which is: Many thanks. |
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Viruses and missing DLL'S
Peter,
You don't want MSA64CHK.DLL back as it is a rogue dialler and isn't part of the operating system. Are you sure that there isn't an entry left in MSConfig Startup that is trying to load this file? If so, uncheck/remove it. For more details of MSA64CHK.DLL which is also known as Mostrar Dialler see http://www.kephyr.com/spywarescanner...er/index.phtml (currently unavailable :-( ). This would be a good time to download yourself a copy of the free Ad-Aware 6.0 from Lavasoft (http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/) and also SpyBot Search & Destroy (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 (http://www.zerosrealm.com/downloads/CWShredder.zip or http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/cwshredder.zip) which is the best way of getting rid of the many forms of the CoolWebSearch hijacker details of which can be found at http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/cwschronicles.html and also http://www.pestpatrol.com/pestinfo/c/cws.asp.. 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 hijackthis on C: and copy the file you downloaded to that folder. Close as many applications as you can including all instances of Internet Explorer and then run hijackthis.exe and post back the log, provided that it isn't too long, to this thread, otherwise to 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 Peter L. Clarke wrote: After having some viruses on my computer: Trj/Downloader.L that Panda software disinfected and Eicar.Mod that Panda Renamed I am left with The Univ.AP virus that the software only reported and does not appear to be able to do anything with. How can I delete it? Also since being infected I am getting the following message: "Rundll Error loading. C\Windows\System\MSA64CHK.DLL The system cannot find the file spec." How can I get this file back? I am using Windows ME which is installed over Windows 98 and Windows 98SE. Since having these problems my computer has begun to run slowly. I am an OAP so any help will be greatly appreciated. Please reply to my own E-mail address which is: Many thanks. |
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