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error messege
An error messege keeps coming up saying wtoolsa has caused
an error in kernel32.dll. I've rebooted, scanned. It still comes up. Any suggestions ? |
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error messege
There have been multiple posts where users are experiencing this problem in
the last few hours and wtoolsa.exe appears to be new malware of some sort and could be a new form of the HuntBar parasite (http://www.doxdesk.com/parasite/HuntBar.html). It certainly doesn't form a part of the Win Me operating system. Boot to Safe Mode, open MSConfig (Start, Run, enter MSConfig in the box and click OK), open the Startup tab and uncheck the entry being used to launch wstoolsa.exe, possibly labelled something like WinTools. Now reboot back into Normal Mode and check your system for commercial parasites. You can also delete the entire Wintools folder which is probably located as a sub-folder in C:\Program Files\Common Files. This might 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 (http://www.safer-networking.org/) and scan your system for and remove all unwanted parasites, adware and spyware that might be hiding on your PC. I would suggest you download and run merijn's CWShredder which targets the CoolWebSearch parasite. CWShredder can be downloaded from (http://www.zerosrealm.com/downloads/CWShredder.zip or http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/cwshredder.zip). Details of the many forms of the CoolWebSearch hijacker can be found at http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/cwschronicles.html and also http://www.pestpatrol.com/pestinfo/c/cws.asp. --? Mike Maltby MS-MVP DANIELLE wrote: An error messege keeps coming up saying wtoolsa has caused an error in kernel32.dll. I've rebooted, scanned. It still comes up. Any suggestions ? |
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