Error - 388

[Ray Dobson]

Good morning,

A day or so ago I started getting the above error when booting my
sytstem up.

In the little window it says:

" A valid dll file was not found "

Anyone have any ideas? or things I could try

Thanks

-Ray-
...Ray
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[Malke]

Ray Dobson wrote:

> Good morning,
>
> A day or so ago I started getting the above error when booting my
> sytstem up.
>
> In the little window it says:
>
> " A valid dll file was not found "
>
> Anyone have any ideas? or things I could try
>

You've got something running on your system that shouldn't be. Do the
normal troubleshooting:

1) scan with current antivirus ("current" means a version not earlier
than 2002 but using updated virus definitions); 2) remove spyware with
Spybot Search & Destroy (www.safer-networking.org) and Ad-aware
(www.lavasoftusa.com). These programs are free, so use them both since
they complement each other. You may also want to run the latest
CWShredder from http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/index.html. Always
read the instructions before running a spyware removal tool. Be sure to
update these programs before running, and it is a good idea to do
virus/spyware scans in Safe Mode; 3) delete temporary and Temporary
Internet Files; 4) stop unnecessary services/programs from starting
with Windows - see www.blackviper.com for services info and
www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_index.htm for programs info - 5) look in
Event Viewer for clues; 6) make sure you've visited Windows Update and
applied all security patches; 7) run a firewall.

Malke
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