winupd.dll is not part of the Win Me operating system but instead appears
to
be spyware related.
This would be a good time to download yourself a copy of the free Ad-Aware
SE Personal edition from Lavasoft
(http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/) and also SpyBot Search &
Destroy 1.3 (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.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..
If none of the above helps try booting into Safe Mode and unregistering
winupd.dll and then deleting this unwanted file.
First, using Windows Explorer locate winupd.dll
Then unregister the file from a command line prompt such as Start Run and
type
regsvr32 /u <path>\winupd
and click OK, where <path> is replace by the full path to the file such as
perhaps C:\Windows\System.
Now locate and delete this file.
Finally, open MSConfig | Startup (Start, Run, enter MSConfig in the box
and click OK), open the Startup tab and uncheck any entry that seems
either odd and has a nonsensical name such as 4jatk3@4#ajhrm or dhnubh or
refers to winupd.dll, also uncheck if present any entry similar to
[UpdReg] C:\WINDOWS\Updreg.exe. Ok and Apply and now reboot back into
Normal mode.
For some, sparse, information about this file see
http://www.pestpatrol.com/PestInfo/u/unknown_pest.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 HJT on C: (not on your desktop nor in your temp
folder) and copy the file you downloaded to that folder. Close as many
applications as you can including all instances of Internet Explorer.
Enable Explorer to see all files and folders (Tools | Folder Options |
View and check "Show hidden files and folders" and uncheck "Hide protected
operating system files") and then run hijackthis.exe and post back the log
to either 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
twistedvincent > wrote:
> i recieve the following message over and over again PLEASE
> HELP!
> Error Loading winupd.dll,the system cannot find the file
> specified.rundll.this problem just started
> recently.THanx!!!