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When I start up my comptor, a small screen comes up thats
says MSScriptControl:error unknown..... I have been told
to redo the computor or that it is a worm??? Then another
person said this is easliy removed.... Could someone give
me a direct anwser.... I feel anxious because if its a
worm it could really infect the rest of the computor all
though it may have already... Thank you

[Mike M]

The direct answer is that without more detail no-one will know with any
certainty the correct answer other than that such a message is a pretty
fair indication that you could have malware of some sort on your PC but
what that malware might be would require the use of a crystal ball.

When did you last check your system for viruses, trojans and other malware
using your preferred antivirus application using an updated current set of
viral reference signatures? If not recently then you might first want to
check your PC using one of the online virus checks such as McAfee's online
checker (http://us.mcafee.com/root/mfs/default.asp) or Trend Micro's
Housecall (http://housecall.antivirus.com) and then update your AV's
reference signature files. If you haven't yet managed to install an
antivirus application then download and use Stinger
(http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/) and perhaps also F-Prot which will allow
you to scan your system from DOS
(http://www.f-prot.com/products/home_use/dos/).

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..

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 MS-MVP



> wrote:

> When I start up my comptor, a small screen comes up thats
> says MSScriptControl:error unknown..... I have been told
> to redo the computor or that it is a worm??? Then another
> person said this is easliy removed.... Could someone give
> me a direct anwser.... I feel anxious because if its a
> worm it could really infect the rest of the computor all
> though it may have already... Thank you