missing file!!!! ye gods!!!

[Steve]

Hi guys. I think I was a little over-zealous with my disk
cleaning up cos now every time Windows Me starts up it
always says the same thing in an irritating little grey
window (I hate them!!); it tells me that a file is missing

this file is

C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MSA64CHK.DLL

I have no idea what this does; the system doesn't seem to
work any less well without it but it would be nice to stop
that irritating pesky grey window popping up all the time!!

WIll love forever anyone who helps!!

xxx

[Mike M]

Steve,

This file is the Mostrar Dialler that uses a premium rate phone number to
connect you to porn sites. I suspect you don't want to replace since your AV
application has hopefully removed it. Check that the problem isn't that there
is still an unwanted 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/library/mostrardialer/index.phtml.

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



Steve > wrote:

> Hi guys. I think I was a little over-zealous with my disk
> cleaning up cos now every time Windows Me starts up it
> always says the same thing in an irritating little grey
> window (I hate them!!); it tells me that a file is missing
>
> this file is
>
> C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MSA64CHK.DLL
>
> I have no idea what this does; the system doesn't seem to
> work any less well without it but it would be nice to stop
> that irritating pesky grey window popping up all the time!!
>
> WIll love forever anyone who helps!!
>
> xxx