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Old June 15th 04, 09:32 PM
PCR
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Default 98 boot up problems

Better update defs & run a virus scan. You may need to do so from DOS...
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1) Formal av scan for traditional malware (worms, viruses, trojans)
- see http://cquirke.mvps.org/9x/virtest.htm
- can download DOS-based av from:
- www.f-prot.com (free, updatable)
- www.sophos.com (free for evaluation, ?no free updates)
- www.nod32.com (free for evaluation, ?no free updates)
- ensure the antivirus scanner you use is up to date
- don't rely on Windows- or online-based av scanners for this

2) Informal utilities for commercial malware (spyware, adware etc.)
- Ad-Aware from www.lavasoft.de (free, updatable)
- Spybot 1.3 from where Google leads you (free, updatable)
- CoolWebSearch Shredder as per Google (free, get new copy)
- ensure these tools are up to date
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Update definitions & check for viruses, and...
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/Darnit.htm#tshoot
http://patrick.kolla.de/spybotsd.html SpyBot- Search & Destroy. SpyBot
is gabby in it's "Checks" & "Fixes" logs. Turn them off in "Settings".
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/ AdAware
http://www.lavasoftusa.de/ Also AdAware
http://www.merijn.org/cwschronicles.html CoolWebSearch Chronicles
http://www.merijn.org/files/cwshredder.zip & CWShredder
http://www.merijn.org/files/hijackthis.zip Finally, Hijack This
http://aumha.org/a/hjttutor.htm
Hijack This Logs Tutorial-- MUST read!
....may find something. (Actually, they certainly will.)


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Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR

"Jeff" wrote in message
...
| When I boot up my computer. I get errors that
| say "explorer has performed and illegal
| operation","sbserv has performed and illegal
| operation",error starting program "the rundll.32.eve file
| is linked to missing export shell32.dll:122","the
| c:\windows\system\shell32.dll file appears to be
| corrupt", "the symneti.dll file is linked to a missing
| export shell32.dll:shellexecuteexa", and an "mstask error"
|
| All of these errors come up and I can't do any thing
| else. Just a background picture comes up and that's it.