Is this a virus?

[Rob]

A friend has an XP system and has the following problem.

As soon as the system starts up he gets an error window thrown up that is
something like WS2_32.dll filename.exe cannot find entry point. filename
seems to be a random name ending in a number and is different each time the
system starts. It is found in the settings and config (?) directory and
disappears from there if the process is terminated using Ctl+Alt+Del etc.
Almost everything seems fine then except for DUN.

It may or may not be related - but the DUN connection to Freenet has also
stopped working. It dials, does not say verifying password etc but jumps
straight to the bar and appears to be connected - however no data is
transferred.

Any suggestions - i.e. is this a known virus - or is there some other
problem and this random file is actually part of the MS system.

Thanks for any helpful comments

[Rob]

Thanks to those who replied.


"Rob" > wrote in message
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> A friend has an XP system and has the following problem.
>
> As soon as the system starts up he gets an error window thrown up that is
> something like WS2_32.dll filename.exe cannot find entry point. filename
> seems to be a random name ending in a number and is different each time
the
> system starts. It is found in the settings and config (?) directory and
> disappears from there if the process is terminated using Ctl+Alt+Del etc.
> Almost everything seems fine then except for DUN.
>
> It may or may not be related - but the DUN connection to Freenet has also
> stopped working. It dials, does not say verifying password etc but jumps
> straight to the bar and appears to be connected - however no data is
> transferred.
>
> Any suggestions - i.e. is this a known virus - or is there some other
> problem and this random file is actually part of the MS system.
>
> Thanks for any helpful comments
>
>