How to unregister a dll file in Windows XP or Vista?

By tony kaye on Mar 4, 2007 | Reply

what does this mean?

Loadlibrary (”filename. dll”) failed – the specified module could not be found

Did i delete something?

By Krys on Mar 6, 2007 | Reply

same here i get “failed – the specified module could not be found”

By micky on Mar 12, 2007 | Reply

I got the same type of response for msvcp71.dll except it said: “msvcp71.dll was loaded, but the DLLUnregisterServer entry point was not found. This file can not be registered.” So I’m not really sure how to deal with this.

By Brian on Mar 12, 2007 | Reply

ys, micky,

That particular message means that the DLL file may be a corrupted version in memory. Consider to delete it or rename it in case you need it later on. Do it in safe mode or command line if it’s said being used. Good luck.

By Marius on Mar 21, 2007 | Reply

I get this error also, Loadlibrary (”filename. dll”) failed – the specified module could not be found.

I did make sure that I am in the same directory before I ran the regsvr32.exe

any suggestions?

By Ceila on Mar 21, 2007 | Reply

I also got an error message saying: geplxss.dll was loaded, but the DIIUnregistered server entry point was not found. DIIUnregistered server might not be exported, or a corrupt version of geplxss.dll may be in memory. Consider using PView to detect and remove it. Can someone tell me what this is and how to use it? Thanks.

By Chris on Mar 22, 2007 | Reply

hey i have a corrupt dll file called fyxkaah and i followed all the instructions on here but it still wont un register and it refuses to allow me to delete it. i’ve try this all in safe mode too.

any other suggestions, they’s be greatly appreciated

By Mark on Mar 22, 2007 | Reply

To delete a stubborn file that doesn’t want to be deleted.

1. Close all open programs
2. Click on Start, Run, and type CMD and Press Enter to open a Command Prompt window.
3. Click on Start, Run and type TASKMGR.EXE and press Enter to start the Task Manager.
4. Click on the Processes tab, click on the process named Explorer.exe and click on End Process.
5. Minimize the Task Manager but leave it open.
6. Go back to the Command Prompt window and change to the directory where the file is located. To do this, use the CD command.
Example: Make sure you start from the root directory “CD \” then change to the directory where the file is located, such as cd windows\system32
7. Now use the DEL command to delete the offending file. Type DEL “filename” where “filename” is the file you wish to delete.
Example: del undeletable.exe and press enter.
8. Press ALT-TAB to go back to the Task Manager and click File, New Task and enter EXPLORER.EXE to restart the Windows shell.
9. Close the Task Manager

By Penni on Mar 25, 2007 | Reply

I’m not having any luck. I tried to install the Spylocked Automatice Removal Tool, I got a message saying cannot register c:\program files\enigma software group\spyhunter\i_spfix.dll, so I tried the maual instructions. I searched for the .dll files listed and found only fyxkaah.dll. I tried to unregister the dll but got the same msf the others got entry point was not found. I was in the correct directory. Then I tried teh instuctions Mark gave to delete a stubborn file, but got an access denied message. I also searched for spylocked.exe to delete, but that file was not found.
Are there any other sugggestions? This popup balloon is quite annoying and the blinking icon is even worse.

By matt on Mar 26, 2007 | Reply

oh my god i have tried it all like penni and its not going away, please help

By Mark V on Mar 26, 2007 | Reply

Spyhunter will show you all the registry entries to delete for spylock. Delete them all and delete all cookies for all users on the system. Then the dll fyxkaah.dll will not be able to call its site. But that still leaves the question on how to delete that dll. I am still working on it myself.

By Penni on Mar 27, 2007 | Reply

Starting in safe mode *did* let me delete the one .dll file I had (fyxkaah.dll). The annoying flashing icon seems to be gone (crossing my fingers). This was a real mess. I don’t know how my antivirus software let this thru in the first place. It did tell me today that it was there (duh!).

By Dave F on Mar 30, 2007 | Reply

To save some time go to program files and look for a divx file update. Open the sucka up and take a look at the application files in there, its easy to spot because it has an application in there that has an icon looking like a yellow warning triangle.

You can’t get access to delete but you can rename, once you have done this you then start to terminate applications through ctrl/alt/del one by one, (you will need to keep the windows open, just minimise).

Then go back to the offending file folder and start to delete.

Play ping pong a few times and you can get shut of most of this shite.

Dave F

By Kevin Binkley on Apr 4, 2007 | Reply

after I located the .dll file (in my case it was oyopu.dll) I did a system wide search (from the start menu) for that particular file. it was located in the system32 folder. I dragged it to my desktop and renamed the file extension to .doc. The program will continue to run after you change the extension which prevents you from deleting it at this point. Once you re-start the computer the program is no longer able to run and you can now delete it.

By Guneet on Apr 6, 2007 | Reply

it shows C:\Documents and Settings\ICS 1>
but i want it to be C:\ only.Whats the command?

By Guneet on Apr 6, 2007 | Reply

i got a msg called (the system cannot find the specified file)when i enter system 32. Help……

By Guneet on Apr 6, 2007 | Reply

i dont believe it theres not even a singl file from one of those mentioned above and no process was also running from the ones which were mentioned,i cant even find the dll. files on my system but still the pop up keeps on coming. Plzzzzzz help…..

By David ARMENIA 4 LIFE on Apr 6, 2007 | Reply

HI ALL

I had this sacka yesterday in my pc. I have deleted it today (manually)
download the free removal tool. RUN IT!
It wil find a lot of crap.
Just ckeck where the file or the registery is, then go there and delete it!!!!!!!
Maybe some of you must stop some processes! ckeck for that above in the forum.
If you want to open REGISTERY. Go to RUN. => type: regedit=> Enter
Here you can locat all the stuuf that SPYHUNTER has found and you can delete it manually!!!!
It worked by me and the icon is gone 2!!!

It will take a whyle but if you wanne get ride of it JUST DO IT.

One more thing. There is a .DLL File in SYSTEM 32!!!
This .dll has an other name by differend computers.
First its not possible to delete this .dll but when you do all what is sayed above then restart pc and you can delete the foker.!!
GOOD LUCKKKK!!!!!!!

ARMENIA 4 LIFE

By brian on Apr 7, 2007 | Reply

Hello. I’ve been infected with this Spylocked stuff, and want to get rid of it. However, my task manager has been disabled by the administrator, which apparently was done when my wife had this computer set up. How do I re-enable the task manager function so I can begin the process of getting rid of this spyware. Thanx ! Brian

By omer ersoy on Apr 10, 2007 | Reply

hi, all. i have a great problem with downloading this program. When i download the program, spyhunter is seeming.i delete it but my downloading is also deleted. finally i can’t set up the program (which spylocked automatic tool.) Please help me. i have important data in my computer and windows gives error.

By Cole on Apr 11, 2007 | Reply

I got SpyLocked on my computer and same with Zlob. By manually removing all of them I have gotten rid of all the files except for qzviz.dll. I tried this thing but it said it can’t be registed. This may be bad because I thought I was unregistering it.

By Rob on Apr 12, 2007 | Reply

Holy crap what a freakin nightmare. Just wanted to say thanks for all the help I got from this thread in getting rid of spylocked. Cole, try what David suggested, it worked for me. I renamed the file and then deleted it no problem…..

By Romsven on Apr 19, 2007 | Reply

Quote Guneet
it shows C:\Documents and Settings\ICS 1>
but i want it to be C:\ only.Whats the command?
/Quote

The command is “cd..” to go up one directory, so:
C:\Documents and Settings\ICS 1> cd..
C:\Documents and Settings> cd..
C:\>

Or you can also use “cd \” to go strait to the C:\
C:\Documents and Settings\ICS 1> cd \
C:\

By Tom on Apr 20, 2007 | Reply

Thank you, this was most helpful. My computer is now as before, except that my internet explorer starts up at aprotectservice.com, even when I change my homepage. Does anyone know how I can correct this? Thanks.

By Natasha on Apr 22, 2007 | Reply

HELP……..HELP………I’VE DOWNLOAD A SOFTWARE ON MY COMPUTER, BUT WHEN I TRY TO OPEN IT, IT SAYS “ENTRY POINT NOT FOUND, THE PROCEDURE ENTRY ISBAFWRITEPTR COULD NOT BE LOCATED IN THE DYNAMIC LINK LIBRARY KERNEL32.DLL. I HAD DELL HELP ME BEFORE AND EVERYTHING WAS GOING GOOD. BUT THIS CAME BACK ON.

By Todd on Apr 22, 2007 | Reply

Ok, I got this SpyLock crap today and have read everything everyone has suggested. I searched my .dll’s and found 2 causing trouble. Splug.dll and bpvol.dll were the nemas of them, both were found in a folder named Video AX Object in the Programs Files, which also contained 4 other .exe files. I shutdown the process of all of them and renamed them, rebooted and deleted. Now everything is back to normal, no more pop ups, icon in taskbar with “!” is gone, and no more homepage problem, BUT I still have one problem…another taskbar icon with a circled “?” in it and it blinks to a circle in red with an line going through it. I’ve tried deleting the Registry values suggested here and the ones that the auto-tool remover came up (Zlob crap) with on my scan but still the icon in the taskbar remains.

So my question is…can anyone help me in removing this annoying icon? It doesn’t do anytihng (that I know of) unless you click it, which of course leads you to purchase the SpyLock crap.

Thanks.

By Ace on Apr 25, 2007 | Reply

Omg .. Im still stuck at where the file xkrdk.dll is lol ! im stupid man ..

By Todd on Apr 25, 2007 | Reply

Someone help! Please…

By Tim on Apr 26, 2007 | Reply

Hi,

I was reading this with interest as I’ve been trying to rename a file in system32 under Vista and whilst I have UCA turned off I can still not get the system to allow me to do it – any thoughts?

Any way, just to add some contribution as well: Earlier a number of people indicated that ‘…the DLLUnregisterServer entry point was not found. File cannot be unregistered.”’ error message is due to a currupt dll. I’m a software developer so I see this message alot and it is generally nothing to do with currupt files.

There are two types of dlls: the standard one and the COM (ActiveX) based one. The standard one does not use the registry and hence when you run regsvr32 you will get this message as it can find no entry point into them. This type of dll is still quite common and if you need to remove them you can simply delete or rename them (provided Vista lets you).

Cheers,

Tim

By Tim on Apr 26, 2007 | Reply

OK I managed to figure out how to rename system32 files in Vista. You have to first take ownership of the file via the security properties, and then change the permissions to full control for yourself. Once this is done you can finally rename the file – what a lot of effort!

Cheers,

Tim

By Walter on Apr 28, 2007 | Reply

I can’t find the dll file that is causing the tray allert to stay blinking. I have used spy hunter and believe that all of Spy LOcked is gone from my computer. If I can’t find the file ,how can I stop the blinking allert?

By warren searfoss on Apr 29, 2007 | Reply

Hey all i did was uninstall through add/remove programs. Run spybot search and destroy then do a system restore from the day before which i knew wasnt infected. My avast let me know when i got hit so i got out of the site right aways. but too late i was infected. but still got it out.

By Bruce on Apr 30, 2007 | Reply

Hi there..
Thanx for all the help but I’m getting nowhere except fu..ng frustrated. I cant seem to stop the f..ng processes. the bpmini.dll just keep reapearing on the process list. I tried to rename them but its still being used by another application or process so it wont be allowed. Please help cause I live 5 stories up and am seriously thinking of jumping.. (not really)

By Phil on Apr 30, 2007 | Reply

is a nightmare, I’ve tried deleting the .dll file but I am unable to trace any which may be causing this problem. Where am I going wrong? any advice would be most welcome!!!

By plumberB on May 2, 2007 | Reply

ohmygo_! I got what I think is spylock 3.6 last night. Stupid me, I ignored the Norton warning! Now, my computer is looping with “windows explorer not running,,,shutting down windows explorer,,,restarting windows explorer”,or something like that, over and over again. I cannot seem to stop any processes. Task manager gets locked up with frequent explorer reboots. Stupid me, Stupid me, Stupid me……

By agentcooper on May 3, 2007 | Reply

I followed what Mark upthread said to try and it worked for me. Cheers!

By tine on May 4, 2007 | Reply

I have just suceeded in deleting the annoying Spylocked (mine was a dxovx.dll), by following Kevin Binkleys instructions.Thank you!

See the instruction underneath:

Kevin Binkley Says

after I located the .dll file (in my case it was oyopu.dll) I did a system wide search (from the start menu) for that particular file. it was located in the system32 folder. I dragged it to my desktop and renamed the file extension to .doc. The program will continue to run after you change the extension which prevents you from deleting it at this point. Once you re-start the computer the program is no longer able to run and you can now delete it.

Apr 4th, 2007 at 3:23 pm

By StNicholas on May 6, 2007 | Reply

how do i know if the .dll file has been unregistered? am i supposed to get some form of confirmation, or do i just presume it worked because i didn’t get an error message?

By Peter D on May 14, 2007 | Reply

This is how I got rid of it,
Run Regedit and search for “spylocked”
Be brave and delete every entry you find with it.
Go to c:\windows\prefetch\ and delete spylocked.pf and everything else starting with spy*.pf Trust me, it doesn’t belong there.
Do a system restore to a day before the infection.
Do a final reboot and your home dry.

Then you should be OK.
Worked for me

Peter D
Johannesburg

By mike on May 29, 2007 | Reply

i’m still not sure anybody’s specifically said how to get rid of the ? icon… did a search for the dxovx.dll file and found nothing… WAY too late to do a system restore as i’ve been dealing with this exquisite little inconvenience for weeks now… i bought this comp’ for recording and the audible ‘pop’ from the icon is perhaps THE most annoying problem with this, rendering this comp’ useless for it’s intended purpose…

thanks

By mahbz on May 31, 2007 | Reply

ok wait…do we need to get rid of the zlob file as well if we want this mumbo jumbo gone?!!?!?

By Baron on Jun 2, 2007 | Reply

After Spyhunter scans your whole computer, do you need to delete ALL “parasites?”

By Baron on Jun 2, 2007 | Reply

“After Spyhunter scans your whole computer, do you need to delete ALL “parasites?”

Jun 2nd, 2007 at 10:03 am “”

Because there are ALOT of parasites and I dont know what they are or if it will hurt my computer if i delete them. Stupid I know but I am computer illiterate.

By Baron on Jun 2, 2007 | Reply

And one more thing… It wont delete any of my other saved data/document will it? Would it even pull any of that up?

By Dread on Jun 4, 2007 | Reply

when every I do regsvr32 /u eeuydc.dll it always display
“eeuydc.dll was loaded, but the DLLUnregisterServer entry point was not found. This file can not be registered.”
when ever I delete it, it always prompt “access denied”. Hmmmm
What will happened if I rename it?
Does it hurt my computer?

The balloon keeps popuping in my windows
Die this Spylocked 4.1…

Please help… Mail me… Thank you so much

By Emma on Jun 5, 2007 | Reply

Arrgggh pls help im clueless and cannot get rid of this stoopis a$$ spylock !!!

By Gene on Jun 13, 2007 | Reply

Thank you EVERYONE!!! IT WORKED!!! Best advice from David Armenia 4 Life, thank you! It was VERY tedious (1,031 registry items deleted) but worked. WHEW!

By Dave on Jun 15, 2007 | Reply

Ok, I was lucky and successfully “uninstalled” the program from the “add or remove programs” of the control panel. Regardless, the flashing yellow triangular icon with an exclamation point inside as well as the constant balloon popups remained active. Thanks to this site and the info from Kevin Binkley dated Apr 4th, 2007 at 3:23 pm. I located the “gbjkog.dll” file, converted it to a “doc” extension, moved it to MS Word and deleted it right there. I also had to repair my homepage address located in the “general” tab of “internet properties.” This has been an all day job. Thanks a million for the help!!!

By matt on Jun 19, 2007 | Reply

Are there any Attorneys having this same issue with Spycrush? I think we have legal issues here, maybe a class action lawsuit. As Dave stated, he spent all day to get his computer free. Basically this is just the tip of the iceberg as to what’s going on with Spycrush. What’s happening to the little old ladies who does not have a clue except to purchase the product?

I say let’s go after them!!! Anyone else want to go along for the ride?

By Matt on Jun 22, 2007 | Reply

ON VISTA you may have to right-click on the CMD icon and choose to RUN AS ADMINISTRATOR to get a dependency to reg or unreg. In my experience, if you don’t run as administrator, Vista will just sit there and laugh at you.

By elizabeth crowley on Jun 23, 2007 | Reply

i have try everything to fix it

By charlotte mcgrath on Jun 24, 2007 | Reply

im having the same problems it is so annoying can someone please help me to take off spycrush 3.3
i don`t know why this company has the damn right to infect everyones computer trying to force them to buy this so called solution i think we should all go forward with matts suggestion and sue the pants off this company
for such an underminded action to one and all if u want me matt im here im not a computer genius so to speak and i have much difficulty with this menace spycrush 3.3
that i cannot remove or do anything with it and in return it has taken over my computers preformance with this darn constant popups saying my pc is infected
when its all their illegal doing if u want my opinion
i think they should get what they fully deserve to think
how many peoples computers have been invaded by these
snakes so why don`t we all sue at them same time for this inconvience they have inflicted upon us and lets see how they are sitting back imagining how many millions they will make on everyone who has been affected by this think of the contrary reaction if everyone slaps a lawsuit in the damages they have done to so many of thousands possibly millions all over the world it is certainly something to seriously consider to show these huge companies that they cannot do this to us no more ……………………

CHARLOTTE MCGRATH

By Sara Ditwiler on Jun 27, 2007 | Reply

Help me! WHen I go into C:\windows/system32> i am still getting the error message of “Loadlibrary (”filename. dll”) failed – the specified module could not be found” i work with pharm computers all day… but by far this is the worst.. plz help me.. this stupid balloon is driving me nuts!!!! thanks

By shimo kita on Jun 28, 2007 | Reply

I CANNOT delete the flashing X from my system tray.

I CANNOT delete .dll files.

I CANNOT delete afkvvy.dll in System32.

I want to DELETE SpyLock from my computer.

Thank you!

By lyford on Jun 29, 2007 | Reply

Isn’t what spycrush does illegal? Hacking your computer and then asking for protection money to get themselves out of your computer? Wont they be prosecuted? At the least the government should look the other way if someone one infected them with a virus…

By ajix on Jul 2, 2007 | Reply

Thanks to Mark..
There’s no damn flashing button anymore =)

To shimo, I think u better try Mark’s steps.. It works find by me.

“”"”Mark Says”"”"

To delete a stubborn file that doesn’t want to be deleted.

1. Close all open programs
2. Click on Start, Run, and type CMD and Press Enter to open a Command Prompt window.
3. Click on Start, Run and type TASKMGR.EXE and press Enter to start the Task Manager.
4. Click on the Processes tab, click on the process named Explorer.exe and click on End Process.
5. Minimize the Task Manager but leave it open.
6. Go back to the Command Prompt window and change to the directory where the file is located. To do this, use the CD command.
Example: Make sure you start from the root directory “CD \” then change to the directory where the file is located, such as cd windows\system32
7. Now use the DEL command to delete the offending file. Type DEL “filename” where “filename” is the file you wish to delete.
Example: del undeletable.exe and press enter.
8. Press ALT-TAB to go back to the Task Manager and click File, New Task and enter EXPLORER.EXE to restart the Windows shell.
9. Close the Task Manager

By kip atkinson on Jul 3, 2007 | Reply

thanks everyone for your help worked great just a scan then reboot and another scan left.

By Gerrit on Jul 10, 2007 | Reply

Also thanks for all your support and helpfull tips.
After having my desktop infected with VirusProtectPro I first removed the regular files via the Explorer.
The registerfiles were not to be found. However I still got the balloon with the suggestion to download VirusProtectPro. Of course I didn’t do that.
Following the instructions of ajix I deleted the file myqlejy.dll
That was the only file which I could find.
Now I don’t get the message anymore.

By Ryan on Jul 16, 2007 | Reply

Hey all. I was trying to delete VirusProtectPro on my friends new computer with VIsta. The problem is that the windows explorer keeps shutting down every 2 to 3 seconds. Also, at last I try to reboot the computer and it just keeps flashing a black screen. Every once in a while and about 10 minutes windows will start. Any program I try to run in windows gets shut down within 3 seconds. Anyone know about this?

By Rav on Jul 18, 2007 | Reply

Ryan,
go here

http://www.xp-vista.com/spyware-removal/virusprotectpro-removal-instructions

Use Internet explorer and type C:\ on the address page to explore your C drive.

By DLL Files Dude on Jul 28, 2007 | Reply

Hey.. yeah

I get this error also, Loadlibrary (”filename. dll”) failed – the specified module could not be found.

???

By jason on Aug 3, 2007 | Reply

i got Virusprotectpro junk on my pc has an icon down by the clock that flashes the red shield to a ? mark how do i get rid of this.  spyhunter says to delete this khtbpdl.dll but i cant ive tried what this site says and cant get to system32 to do this plz help Thanks

By Pat on Aug 26, 2007 | Reply

ok I have been trying to fix my girlfriend’s computer for hours. She accidently hooked herself to this stupid virus the one where the comp keeps saying “windows explorer has stopped working and is restarting” blah blah blah. Now I have tried to do as everyone mentions, but it literally gives me about 10 seconds time before it loops and does it again, and does not let me do anything further before restarting again and taking off what I have done.
I ran Norton (for some reason it kept running even when it was “restarting” and all it found was some stupid tracking cookie which i already got rid of. I need help because whenever I try and do as everyone says it stops letting me and just restarts again. Any suggestions?? I need HELP so bad!!!! My email is
harry_james_potter33@hotmail.com
and I will be very willing to look into anyone’s advice!! PLEASE HELP ME!!!!!!!!!!

By deepak on Aug 28, 2007 | Reply

@ ABOVE
I HAD A SIMILAR PROBLEM WHEN MY COM GOT ATTACKED BY VIRUS PROTECT PRO
I DID A SYSTEM RESTORE AND THAT HAS HELPED ALOT
NOW THE WINDOWS EXPLORER SOMETIME STOPS RESPONDING BUT THAT HAPPENS ONLY ONCE A DAY OR TWO ………..ATLEAST I AM ABLE TO DO MY DAILY WORK

By Gene on Aug 28, 2007 | Reply

AHHHHH !!! Trying to get rid of VirusProtectorPro 3.7 !!!

I still cannot find out which files and .dll’s to delete?

Please please please can someone tell me how to locate these files please.

I have run SpyHunter and it came up with 7 registry items which need removing – but it doesnt tell me where they are or what the .EXE name is?

Plus on my task manager there are no tasks which might be an offending item – or even sound like one?

Is there anything FREE that i can install to do this automatically please? Or can someone please tell me what to do?

HELLLLLLLLPPPPPPPP !!!!!

By Bob on Sep 15, 2007 | Reply

Just got rid of VPP. Got another hard drive and kept the other in the system as a slave. I was able to get rid of the damn dll files just by deleteing them in my computer. I am going to back up to the other hard drive daily,

By Jill Gates LOL! on Sep 17, 2007 | Reply

Jill Gates! LOL!

Me again! I got rid of them from my desktop! WOOHOO! Now how is one supposed to know which file.dll is to be deleted? Knowing me I will del something that the sys. needs! Where is that # for that IT professional that I know!

Take care all!

Jill Gates! LMAO!

By Vivean on Sep 20, 2007 | Reply

Hello friends,

The instructions given in this blogs are really good. it helped me a lot to remove the AntiVirGear with also removing the unwanted “System Alert” . Thanks for the instructions and keep up the good work.
Good Job
Vivean

By lex on Sep 23, 2007 | Reply

Hello,
I’m getting “cmd is not a valid win32 application.” did i miss a step somewhere?

By Raghu on Sep 26, 2007 | Reply

Dear Sir,
I could not able run the program please help me out to delete trhe virus called antivergear .

By Raghu on Sep 26, 2007 | Reply

Dear sir ,
I wet to change the directory

By A tech on Sep 30, 2007 | Reply

Well I am not sure anyone will need it at this point but the best thing for Spylocked is to download and run SmitFraudFix in safe mode. very easy to run and it will take care ofit with no problem Icon and all.
I really don’t recommend going in to the registry your self, because if you delete a key you will not get it back unless you mad a backup copy of it before you started. Even than you may find your self in a lot of trouble.
Anyway taht is just my experince with the Mal-Ware.

By Nel Sullivan on Oct 5, 2007 | Reply

Had the misfortune to get AntiVirGear on my Dell (OS is Win XP prof.)
I used Add/Remove in Control Panel to remove one part of the junk that comes in with this program, but could not remove the blinking yellow alerts.
I then used system restore to revert to earlier set point and the alerts are now gone.

My question is: Are there still dlls and residual junk from this fake spyware program in my registry; or elsewhere in my computer?

I am reluctant to go into editing of the Registry as
I don’t have the necessary skill to mess around there.

Any advice would be useful. NS

By Nel Sullivan on Oct 5, 2007 | Reply

What does “Your comment is awaiting moderation.” mean?

By Tim on Oct 5, 2007 | Reply

Nel,
1. You should have posted the Antivirgear comment on the antivigear article.
2. “Your comment is awaiting moderation.” Mean that your comment will not be visible to everyone until a moderator or administrator approved it(this is because there are a lots of spam)
3. Depending on the Trojans/Virus/Malware you have on your computer, it might have installed another malware/spyware program on your computer that is not visible to you.
I suggest you to check your computer for virus with an antivirus program like Norton and check for spyware with antispyware program like Spyhunter.

By Lawrence on Oct 23, 2007 | Reply

I followed Marks step and I succedd in deleting the stubborn dll file from window/system32 foder

Thanks Mark

By miza on Dec 11, 2007 | Reply

thanks for everyones advices i’ve got the trojan removed

By Alison on Dec 18, 2007 | Reply

Hey I cant change the directory to window/system32…what might i be doing wrong?

By kmarie on Jan 2, 2008 | Reply

somebody please help me…..i cant get this trojan win32.murlo off of my computer. I’ve been to regedit and i cant find any of the values the instructions said to remove.
im getting a “failed – the specified module could not be found” response in the cmd thing, and i cant figure out how to get to the dos-prompt to do the cd command to change the directory.
i have vista and im lost somebody please help me…

By mosh on Jan 5, 2008 | Reply

hi, i already deleted all the keys in registry and unregister toprates.dll but i cant del it, it says access denied. kindly help.

thanks,
mosh

By finishguy51 on Feb 11, 2008 | Reply

I too have had the same problem as dicussed above. I thought I was down loading an up-date of an active X control. I’ve spent the last three days as time permited to read different threads looking for advice. Way to complicated for me. I just happen to down load a new update for Panda. Panda struggled with it a couple of days but was finaly able to remove it from my system Icon and all.

I’ve learned my lesson… Keep your programs up to date.

By ben on Feb 18, 2008 | Reply

Hey I need to get rid of spy heat 3.9 and all the shit that it added. I tried to dowload a new active x and now have some pretty sweet spyware and viruses that I can’t get rid of. Any help would be awesome. Thanks

By T on Feb 19, 2008 | Reply

Okay, so I’ve got this xp antivirus 2008 deal and its driving me crazy. I’ve tried what mark suggested, but it still gives me the same error as before. And, every time I try to move those .dll’s to the desktop, another comes right back into my system32! I’ve tried ending the process first and this did not help.
If anyone out there still checks these, can you offer any advice?

Oh, and Ben, if you haven’t already, try what Mark or Kevin Binkly suggested; it might help you.

By Graywalker on Feb 21, 2008 | Reply

What you need to do when you get a virus like this is use a self-contained CD to boot from. This way, the virus has nowhere to even start up.

I use BartPE to make a CD that boots to a pre-install environment (PE). BartPE has some plugins that will run antivirus and such.

I usually will boot an infected system with my BartPE disk and run trend micro’s Sysclean utility with the latest pattern file. Also Avast, AVG and others are available as plugins. It does take some technical know-how to set up.

By Gowtham on Feb 23, 2008 | Reply

FOR REMOVING XP ANTIVIRUS FROM YOUR SYSTEM!

Once the registry entries are deleted there will be no problem.

1.Open “Run..” from start menu.

2.Type “regedit” in it and press enter.

3.In the registry editor. Click the “Edit” tab and press “find…”

4.Now type “xp antivirus” in the empty field, make sure that in the “look at” keys,values and data are checked! and “match whole string only” is unchecked

5.You will get the search results on the empty right hand side of the window.

6.In that delete the reg entry with the string “xp antivirus”

7.If you cant delete it,rename it.

8.Now to the left in the window, in the file browser delete the folder “XP antivirus”

Thsnk you…

By oguni on Mar 6, 2008 | Reply

Some pls help. Am using windows xp. my system is infected by a file sstqr.dll in the system32 folder. I tried dragging it to the desktop, it says cannot move, being used by another person or program.
I tried deleting it without success. It says cannot delete sstqr: being used by another person or program. even in safe mode, still can’t delete it.
Taskmanager shows a process cmss.exe attempt to stop the process says “this is a critical process Task manager can not end this process”.

running regsvr32 /u sstqr.dll brings the message sstqr.dll was loaded, but the Dllunregister server entry point was not found. this file can not be registered.

Pls help my trendmicro antivirus flaging it as a malware. How do I delete this file

By KRT on Mar 19, 2008 | Reply

TO enable task manager, if it is disabled by virus.

start–> program –>run regedit, windows registry opens up.

go to

HKEY_CURRENT_USER/software/microsoft/windows/currentversion/policies/system.

look at the folder below it.

if you see registry with DisableTaskMgr, delete it or rename it, this will enable task manager.

By Jessica on Mar 21, 2008 | Reply

I think i finally got rid of this stupid thing.After reading through all the adive and tips everyone gave,i do believe it is finally gone..well we can hope anyway.For those that still have it on your computer these are all the things i did..i hope they work for you..

I went to start, then search, then i typed in Xpantivirus, and don’t forget to check hidden folders.Basically got rid of anything and everything in every file and folder than said pantivirus, and i also restored my computer a couple times. The first time i restored it,i restored it to march 16, i thought i got hit with the virus on march 19th so i figured that would be good.But it didn’t work so i restored it to march 15th the second time and i thought it worked but then i saw that the XP Antivirus 2008 was now on my desktop which i had deleted off of there like yesturday and then when i couldnt get it off my computer that’s when i realized it was a scam.So then i went into start and saw XP Anti Virus 2008 and it had an uninstall option and i uninstalled it and it is now gone from my desktop and the stupid icon that was on my taskbar is gone…so i think it did work..so i thank anyone and everyone who put there advice on here..i very much appreciated it.
I hope the rest of you are able to get this nasty thing off your computers…i was ready to kill someone yesturday…so i know how you feel…i know that was all a long ramble but i hope my advice works for the rest you..

By Pamela on Mar 22, 2008 | Reply

Thank you so much for your website, you save me at least $99 to fix and kill XPAntivirus 2008.
I followed the advice of one gentleman about the system restore and it works, before it poped up every 30 seconds. What else do I have to do? Right now the problem is solved. May I ask someone this question, “Can it I meant XPAntivrus2008 still do any harms to my computer?”
I was tricked to download this because, there was a pop-up window told me that my files were infected with trojan and some spyware, it let me have a free scan, I was frightened to see so many infected files, it offered me a free download, that was when the nightmare started when I read about what “SPYWARE” is, I was very frightened and so stressed, I spent a whole day trying to fix it, I bought M…software, but it didn’t work, the Tech Support told me that it couldn’t get rid of the existing XPAntivirus 2008 Spyware, it can only prevent the future virus.
I tried many ways according to the instruction to fix it and it was hard to get the filename because it was not the same name given in this web which is 2007, the one I had is 2008. I suspect that who owns the domain of that spyware, I look at the whois.net, but I can’t find it, I am wondering it is from the US or from the other countries, I am very surprised why there is no legistration to punish or shut this organization down.
Thank you again dear XP-VISTA, I am very appreciated, this is what we should have done to our friends of the same humankind.

By Clarkent on Mar 24, 2008 | Reply

that post on Mar 22nd, 2007 at 1:22 pm by Mark worls for me..

in case you are trying to troubleshoot HeatVirus infetion.. find the latest .dll file among these:

iinqyl.dll
wcscqa.dll
wcscqa.dll
wuuawkz.dll
eeioq.dll
wbchha.dll
heuvth.dll
xskmoqx.dll
guadq.dll
jdxah.dll
lvhjtsa.dll
txdkfh.dll

that is in your windows/system32 folder.. delete the .dll file found using his procedure. and the annoying pop up will stop.

To make sure the file wont come back i created a file using the same filename and extension (remember to select ’show file extension’ on folder options) and tag it as read-only file.

By WWilliams on Mar 24, 2008 | Reply

XP Antivirus 91 various viruses and spyware. I even have CA Antivirus on my system and it didn’t find any. At first I wondered if XP just wanted the consumer to purchase their product. I called CA, I also tried their on-line chat with no resolution to my satisfaction. I did the ‘run CMD’ and only got more confused. I’m not quite as bad off as some, because my drive C is only 20G and i have two other drives on my system (160G & 80G). I ran search for *.dll and came up with 3123 dll files on drive C alone. Which one is suppose to be causing the problem?????

By sunny on Apr 1, 2008 | Reply

after reading all of this and getting nowhere (no fault of anyone here) I went to another blog page and someone said they had also tried all of this and had the antivirus/antispywares programs too (I have norton’s and and antispyware) and still could not get rid of it.
Any how they said go to internet options, advanced settings and reset internet options and it would take care of the stupid program. I figured what do I have to lose, I tried everything esle. IT WORKED, I CANNOT BELIEVE IT. 2 days of fighting with that stupid pop up. By the way, I have windows xp and even my daughter could not get it off. Hope this helps.

By Ben on Apr 5, 2008 | Reply

I have a .dll that can’t be unregistered or deleted or renamed. It says its being used by another program. I’ve tried deleting it in safe mode and with explorer closed. Ive also tried system restore. Magically, almost all my restore points are gone. McAfee says its a trojan called vundo. Its in C:\WINDOWS\System32\khfCsqoO.dll. Any help would be great. I have windows xp service pack 2

By thomas on Apr 7, 2008 | Reply

Hey everyone. Havin a bit of trouble with removing the tool bar and its really annoying pop ups. Could someone give me really specific instructions on how to get rid of it in ‘cmd’? I’ve put C:\Windows\System32>regsvr32
/u filename.dll. and the name of some files. How come I can delete some in the list and some I cannot?

By Thug on Apr 13, 2008 | Reply

Are PC’s NOT infected with this XP Antivirus thing supposed to have the wininet.dll and shlwapi.dll files for something else??? Because I’ve never experienced any of the infection symptoms on my laptop before (such as unstoppable popups and false warnings of viral infections, which were on my parent’s infected desktop) and I have a ton of files under these two names when i search for them!!! Please help!!

Thanks!

By Charles on Apr 16, 2008 | Reply

I’m trying to do this but i get the error

adlibrary (”filename. dll”) failed – the specified module could not be found

Clearly it’s because i’m not in the right directory…
it says c:\Documents and Settings\Administrator> and i try to change that but i’m having trouble, I really need to get this crap off my computer PLEASE help me.

By Allan on Apr 17, 2008 | Reply

Another hapy customer with a fix due to advice in the page – thks

By darcey on Apr 19, 2008 | Reply

mines the same as charles
i need this crap off ugggh

By judy on Apr 22, 2008 | Reply

This is so annoying!!! OFF OFFF OFFFF

By Lori on Apr 25, 2008 | Reply

Have you tried this website. I think it did the trick on my computer………I just clicked on the uninstall link

xpantivirus. com//help.php

By Denz on Apr 28, 2008 | Reply

TO DELETE THIS WINDOWS XP OR VISTA?
I HAVE A FEW STEPS THAT WORKS IN MY CASE.

1. FIND THE “XPA” SHORTCUT LOCATED USUALLY YOU WILL FIND IT ON THE DESKTOP, right click then HIT PROPERTIES, then
click the “FIND TARGET”. you will see the “XPA”
2. TO RENAME THE FILE INTO .DOC FILE NAME, PLEASE GO TO:
TOOLS>>FOLDER OPTIONS>>VIEW>> then uncheck the “Hide Extension for known file types”. then HIT OK.
3. Now, rename XPA shortuct from .exe to .doc extension file. the file now will be .doc after the renaming.
4. go to START>RUN> AND TYPE “MSCONFIG”
5. go to “startup” tab then unchecked the so called “XPA”
then hit APPLY then OK.
6. choose to restart your computer.
7. Now after that go to desktop where the “XPA” located
which already renamed to .doc then DELETE IT!!
8. after the deletion you can now restart again your PC.

how ever the .dll not yet delete thats the second problem.. but the unstoppable popups will “LOST”.

By Izzy on May 6, 2008 | Reply

Thanks Sunny, it worked!

By STUPID idiot on May 10, 2008 | Reply

Do what DAVID says…It’s ping pong, but it works! Thanks much!!!!!!!

By Jennifer on May 22, 2008 | Reply

i opened the system32 folder and i have a lot of .dll files…how do i know which one to delete???

By Geoff on May 26, 2008 | Reply

I’m getting a bi frantic, I have XP and this virus has stopped me seeing my c drive containg all my programs and system files on and has disabled task manager and the run function is not in the start menu, if I could get to the problem DLL files I would, but I’m at a bit of a loss, any ideas would be greatl appreciated

By Felix on May 26, 2008 | Reply

I have a pc affected by Antivirus 2008.
Now i cannot view/open the c drive, saying access denied.

Any idea how i can view?
thanks

By Jethin Thambi on May 27, 2008 | Reply

this thing is a real headache. i tried all the above stuff but was not effective. finally i tried avg trial version and it solved the problem

By iliana on May 29, 2008 | Reply

Can any one know how can I get rid of Antivirus 2008.

By LL on Jun 1, 2008 | Reply

Everyone says to find the .dll folder and delete it but it doesnt appear on the task manager. I have win antivrus pro and its getting really annoying,Ive tried system recovery but it doesnt work,anyone can help please??

By JB on Jun 2, 2008 | Reply

This stuff really sucks, I need some major help (PLEASE). I cant hardly even reboot my computer. Please help I know literally nothing about computers, but I would love to choke whoever started this BS.

By Taylor on Jun 8, 2008 | Reply

Where is the dos prompt located?

By Taylor on Jun 9, 2008 | Reply

Never mind the dos prompt, but I have followed Mark’s steps up until typing in the location of the file. Where is the root directory? I crossed over it and can’t find it again. And for the deletion command, would this be what i would type in? del Antvrs. exe I find this program extremely annoying and am finding that my computer might not live long enough to fix this.
Please – Help!!

By Johnny on Jun 9, 2008 | Reply

I too have been trapped by XP Antivirus 2008 on my Vista laptop.
I felt confident when I knew I had Norton Antivirus.
The first results were O.K.
Spyhunter found a couple of memory infections and about a hundred tracking cookies.
Norton took care of those.
But the damn base file is still there; and Norton seems oblivious of it regardless of the scans I have run ( at this point about 15).
SpyHunter only finds the rogue application left for Antivirus – nothing more.
Heres what I’ve done ( I’ve been stopped cold everytime. )
Run…..>>>
Typed in text field: “cmd”………>>>
Typed in Command prompt: “cd\”………>>>
(This took me from user to C drive.)
Typed into Command Prompt: “del\ Antvrs.exe”…….>>>
Are you sure (Y/N)?
Typed in Command Prompt: “y”……..>>>
—————This shows up:——————
[ autoexec.bat ]
[ Access is denied. ]
[ Config.sys ]
[ Access is denied. ]
I then typed in Command Prompt: “del\ u\ Antvrs.exe”

By Haley on Jun 10, 2008 | Reply

Specified Module could not be ound, PLEASE I NEED HELP WITH THIS!!

By Johnny on Jun 10, 2008 | Reply

I too have been trapped by XP Antivirus 2008 on my Vista laptop.
I felt confident when I knew I had Norton Antivirus.
The first results were O.K.
Spyhunter found a couple of memory infections and about a hundred tracking cookies.
Norton took care of those.
But the damn base file is still there; and Norton seems oblivious of it regardless of the scans I have run ( at this point about 15).
SpyHunter only finds the rogue application left for Antivirus – nothing more.
Heres what I’ve done ( I’ve been stopped cold everytime. )
Run…..>>>
Typed in text field: “cmd”………>>>
Typed in Command prompt: “cd\”………>>>
(This took me from user to C drive.)
Typed into Command Prompt: “del\ Antvrs.exe”…….>>>
Are you sure (Y/N)?
Typed in Command Prompt: “y”……..>>>
—————This shows up:——————
[ autoexec.bat ]
[ Access is denied. ]
[ Config.sys ]
[ Access is denied. ]
Can anyone help me?
I feel that I am so close.
I just need a tip or two.
Thanks for your time,
Johnny
P.S. Someone needs to take this faggity ass program off the web!
It’s taking up a lot of my time, and I find myself going to the task manager each time I turn on my computer to stall Antivirus because i don’t know how to kill it for good.

By greg on Jun 11, 2008 | Reply

i deleted xp antivirus pro 2008 =p
not this is how i did it
1.open any file
2.on the top of the file it should C:\”fileyouopen you delete that out and type in this C:\Program Files
3.look for the program and delete it
might not work because the program is open so what you do is restart the pc
and then onces the pc starts open the file and do what i write and it should come off.
now i dont know about the little red x sign i still having problems with that im workig on it now
hope it works for ya!=p
=x
=]

By Evie on Jun 13, 2008 | Reply

I got infected by Antivirus 2008 and I tried the steps Mark Said and it still won’t work I get this message is not recognized as an internal or external command operable program or batch file. I have also got the message that if failed. I have also tried serval other things on here as well.

How do you search for .dll files, where do you go to find them and how do you delete them? how do you find/locate the system 32 file and what do you need to do there. is spyhunter a virus as well?

PLEASE SOME ONE HELP ME, I CAN’T GET ON MY INTERNET BECAUSE EVERYTIME I GO TO A WEBSITE THAT ANTIVIRUS 2008 BLOCKS ME OUT PLEASE HELP ME GET RID OF THIS I HAVE AN HP PAVILLION RUNS ON VISTA THANKS IN ADVANCE

By darin on Jun 16, 2008 | Reply

How do I remove winspyware protect Virus??
Is thier a free removal? thank you dc

By lawrence on Jun 17, 2008 | Reply

i’ve been tricked too to purchase that xp antivirus 2008 and i paid for nothing,anybody think that i can still refund that?..now i cannot open my internet explorer..can anybody help with this please…

By BenBarraza on Jun 17, 2008 | Reply

restore your system to a prior safe point
and run spyhunter adaware,
spy, malware, etc. killers

it worked to me

By Darren on Jun 19, 2008 | Reply

Got ASC Antispychecker I’m completely ignorant with a pc. This thing has over ridden my anti virus.(which i just bought as thought previous didn’t clear it.) I think its sitting in my temp files, cause when I tried to delete it shuts pc down. It has over ridden my internet settings, and is driving me crazy. Where can i find who created it, cause I wanna aw their legs off and beat them to death!

Can anyone explain in simple terms how I delete this off my pc?

Thanks

DArren

By Aanand on Jun 22, 2008 | Reply

The best solution to remove/get rid of XP ANTIVIRUS 2008 is here : ( temporary solution)

go to C: Program files .

There you will see a folder name XP Antivirus 2008 ( or any similar name) . Just rename the folder and restart your computer .

See the magic ..

Aanand

By Rheyan Palon on Jun 23, 2008 | Reply

This is in response to Mark’s post on Didnt Mar 22nd, 2007 at 1:22 pm. Didnt work for me. Heres the error i got.

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y270/rheyan0809/delete.jpg

By Diana on Jun 24, 2008 | Reply

SOMEBODY PLEASE HELP I NEED TO KNOW STEP BY STEP!!!

By john on Jun 25, 2008 | Reply

My problem is that i have win 2000

i got rid of the all except for the blinking icon

tried all non worked

By Bataille on Jun 25, 2008 | Reply

Does exist a simple way to remove this virus??!

By Macy Jackson on Jun 25, 2008 | Reply

On May 6, 2008 I ordered the xp antivirus File shredder 2008 premium support for 49.95. Igot code which did not work. Then I found out that they charged 94.95. I have called all the telephone numbers listed and be placed on hold for over 20 minutes to be told that the mail box was full. I wanted them to refund my 94.95 because it doen’t work. Is there any way I can get my money back?.

By St. J on Jun 26, 2008 | Reply

Call your credit card company and file a complaint. They should reverse the charge for you.

By Mike L. on Jul 2, 2008 | Reply

So i tried all you guys said. I tried renaming itself, rebooting and deleting, but it just replicates itself when I search for it again. Ive also tried deleting in safe mode and all other suggested attempts. None have work, any help?

By annenin on Jul 5, 2008 | Reply

ben bu mikrosoftun amına koyim yaa..ulan biri adam gibi bi çözüm yazsın anasını siktiğiminin 1000tane bigisayar programcısı var biri de demiyo mu bu ibnelerin şu insanlara yardım edlim diye?! siktiğimin çocukları..

By Mary on Jul 11, 2008 | Reply

I have something called AV2009. It piggy backed in somewhere and now it wants me to buy it’s program. Pop ups all the time and dow it says it needs to reboot my comp all the time. How do I get rid of this back door Trojan? I have XP Mary

By dee on Jul 12, 2008 | Reply

i just bought av 2009 cant believe its a dodgy virus thing just cost me €100 cancelled my credit card hopefully will get money back as its fraud site. if i restore my system to yesterday will that get rid of it?

By Bill on Jul 12, 2008 | Reply

hey this antivirus 2008, does it it clear out ur start menu.???

coz my start menu is missing alot of stuff!!

such the run function, and most of the things u find on the right hand hand menu….

what do i do????

By 4xeWarrior on Jul 13, 2008 | Reply

Incase of any misunderstandings, when SpyHunter is finished scanning you’ll first check the “Infections Found” tab and then compare them to the Infections Found information… hope I helped.

By Audrey on Jul 16, 2008 | Reply

Thanks to everyone who posted here about this terrible mess! I FINALLY just got it deleted! After trying all kinds of things described here, as well as purchasing a couple of different kinds of spyhunter type removal software, I finally did it! Here’s what worked for me. I did a search for all .dll files. (There are TONS!) So to find the one that runs this mess, I just looked at the modified date. Out of all the .dll files, there was only ONE that was on the date I figured I got the virus. I dragged it over to the desktop, right clicked on it and renamed it to a .doc file. Closed everything and re-started the computer. Right clicked on it again, and deleted it. Then emptied the trash can, and that was it! Woo HOO!! Got the process from a posting from a guy named Kevin Binkley. Thanks Kev!

By Wendy on Jul 16, 2008 | Reply

I’m trying to get rid of the antivirus 2008 pro from my dads computer, I have followed all the instructions from many websites but I can’t get an internet connection from his pc. Internet explorer setting keep changing to allow all cookies etc. even when I change the settings back to default, they keep changing back and will not allow an internet connection. I have had to access the advice from my pc (I’ve been running from my house to his trying different things) I have tried to install spyware doctor onto his pc from disc but the install file won’t load. I’ve tried everything! I have managed to delete most of the files I think are associated with antivirus 2008 pro but there is still two .dll files which I can’t delete or rename. Are there any other files which I may need to get rid of?
Will reinstalling windows xp solve the problem?
Please help! I am close to smashing my dads pc to pieces.
I have spent days trying to sort this.

By zach on Jul 23, 2008 | Reply

Antivirus XP 2008 has removed the Run option from my start menu, among other things. This is like extortion to buy their program. it should be treated as such.

By Ryan on Jul 25, 2008 | Reply

I tried the renaming files, but they only come back as .dll Is there any way to actually get rid of the dll’s? I tried to stop them in comand prompt as well, and to delete them using comand prompt. Nothing has worked.

By AJ on Jul 26, 2008 | Reply

Hi. I tried to go to system 32 like Brian said but it says

“This system cannot find the path specified”

I have windows XP and I am seriously thinking about converting to a mac

By Jeanny on Jul 27, 2008 | Reply

Hi, guys. I have Antivirus XP 2008 stuck on my computer, and I tried unregistering the shlwapi.dll using the steps mentioned at the top of the page. Unfortunately, my only response was that “shlwapi.dll was loaded, but the DllUnregisterServer entry point was not found.”

Anyone have any idea what I can do to get around this?

By Terry on Jul 28, 2008 | Reply

Hi all; I’ve picked up the AntivirXP08. The instructions say to delete shlwapi.dll and wininet.dll but the properties of these files say they are Microsoft, and the dates created are in 2004. Are these real MS files, or are they imposters? If I delete them, will it damage my system? Does anyone know about these dll’s? This is real aggravation! I appreciate any help I can get from anyone! Thanks a million in advance. I’m running Windows XP. thanks

By josh on Jul 28, 2008 | Reply

after fallowing the steps and typing regsrv32 /u filename.dill it says

load libary (”/u”) failed – the specified module could not be found

By mike on Jul 29, 2008 | Reply

invest in a USB to SATA-IDE converter they are like $20.00
take the hard drive out put in on a good working computer with current anti virus scan the drive for viruses…if you dont have a spare computer then ask a friend….
voila! done
not all reg cmds work to stop a dll.

if in doubt take it to a local pc shop they should be able to fix you up

By Fuyuko on Jul 30, 2008 | Reply

hi, PLEASE HELP.
im onto the cmd thingy. but im not sure if im in the rite place, it says C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe at the top of the window but it says C:\Documents and Settings\Fuyuko> insted of the WINDOWS stuff. am i in the right place? ive tried the regsvr32 /u but it say failed nd stuff, im guessing rong place? HEELP!!! i dont want my comp to die >.

By Fuyuko on Jul 30, 2008 | Reply

OK NVM, BUT it still wont find the things, ive tried all nd it jst says ‘failed- the specified module could not be found’ YYY! pleassee help me, i think im gonna kill myslefffffff ARGH!

By James on Aug 1, 2008 | Reply

Hi im kinda concerned about this can someone please email me at bloodkillrecon@yahoo.com, Becuase highly risky is something im not use to and im wondering if I should leave it up to a professional. Thanks if you can help me

By Bayluv408 on Aug 2, 2008 | Reply

Thanks for all the responses I just got the antivirus 2009 version by accidently pressing run and installing this damn virus. I immediately looked on the web for answers, but all I found were websites that were selling me more antivirus (which i already have). This was the safest place I found for advise, thanks again all. Heres what I did, and I don’t know if it was just a quick fix I would like to hear a response from someone who knows more. This is what I did:

I followed Audrey advise from her post on July 16, 2008. So, read her post first. First I opened task manager (ctrl alt del) and I stopped av09.exe under the process tab. Then I went to the programs files in the C drive, to delete the antivirus2009 folder (This was not possible before I had ended the process in task manager), I also deleted the shortcuts by right clicking and deleting them. Restarted my computer and then I used the search tool to find that .dll file by looking at the date and time it was modified (which was around the time i got the virus)the file location was in C:\WINDOWS\system32. The name of the .dll file was: win src.dll (my computer would not allow me to delete it) . I cut and pasted it on my desktop and changed it to a .doc file, then I restarted my computer, and deleted the .doc file.
After that I went back into C:\WINDOWS\system32, and what was left is a: win src.dll.tmp file which keeps on reappearing even after I delete it. But my system seems to be back to normal and NO more pop up ads on the web (I checked google.com to see if the antivirus2009 banner was there, but it was not). Thanks again Audrey and Kev.

By Sideshow Bob on Aug 2, 2008 | Reply

Thanks to Bayluv408. You are a god!

I followed his instruction and had to put a little personal spin on things because I had the 08 version, not 09.

Firstly I knew the file was called “pphctph0el2″, as it was a new file that appeared in program files the same time I got the virus. It would not let me delete it until I ended the process in task manager (right click on the bottom taskbar). I then moved it to the trash can, emptied the bin and restarted my computer.

I searched for the dll file that Bayluv408 mentioned above but could not find any such file, (maybe a difference between 08 and 09). I then used SpyHunter, that I downloaded from above, to search for other files.
It found C:\Windows\System32\pphctphj0el2e.exe, You then have to pay money for SpyHunter to delete it for you, so I simply deleted this myself and (fingers crossed) my computer is running perfect.

This was my first time at doing anything technical on a computer and found it relatively easy. Hope this helps and good luck.

By jmed on Aug 4, 2008 | Reply

You can also use (highjack this)

By Kayne on Aug 5, 2008 | Reply

I just had this virus, (like just-just had it, was using this site to fix it) I dont think i’ve completly removed it, but this is for everyone who reads this. The desktop, it shows that big red screen right? First, to move it aside, just move your mouse to the left of the screen till you see the movement arrows, Then click drag to the right of the screen. To remove it ( not sure if its completly ), You must leave it covering the whole screen, do not move it to the side. Move your mosue to the very top of the screen and wait for a .. toolbar? to pop down, its a creamy – yellow colour. Click on the top left arrow and click customise my desktop ( sorry for spelling.). Go to Web and de-select the Privacy Protection (that is the virus, im not trying to infect you anymore. ) Once it’s been de-selected, click delete. It should be gone, and when you look on your desktop, it should of been removed from there too

By Jacques on Aug 5, 2008 | Reply

I got ride of mine except for one last thing, on the internet, when I do a search and then click on a link of the search result, it’s sending me to places that aren’t related at all. How do you fix that? I even uninstalled explorer and resinstalled it and it still does it. Send me your ideas by email please at jacques.saumur@yahoo.com

By Kayne on Aug 6, 2008 | Reply

Just saying that the post i did above isn’t permanent, To make it permanent (sorry for spelling) Search for Privacy in Search. Look for a folder ( i cannot fully remember the name, but I think it was privacy protection. Anyway, look for the folder around the lines of privacy protection, that was made on the date you recived the virus. Go to the folder destination and delete it from there, I think its in a folder named WINDOWS.

By Mark on Aug 6, 2008 | Reply

Need some advise. I deleted the two .dll files associated with this “program.” But now my computer won’t boot up. I get several errors indicating that the missing .dll file is preventing other programs from loading. I get caught in a loop of the system trying to re-boot and failing. I tried safe mode and I tried to use the last configuration that worked, but neither did work. Any suggestions?

By Tony on Aug 6, 2008 | Reply

I can’t even login my computer anymore because of this virus. When I turn on my computer and try to login, the system begins the normal login process but then an error pops us saying something about an error being in the “set-up files”. Then the screen just freezes. There are no icons and no taskbar on the screen and nothing for my mouse to click on. The only thing I can do is hit “alt-control-delete” to get the process screen. I can access the command screen from this, but I don’t know how to search for the .dll files that I need to delete. HELP please!!!!

By Justin on Aug 7, 2008 | Reply

hello.. i did what audrey and bayluv408 says.. but the problem is, when i restarted my pc, it is still there.. i have deleted its folder in “program files” and find the “.dll” that was a modified date that i think i got the virus (w/c is august 7, 2008). it keeps on poping up.. what should i do?? i dont have money to purchase those kind of antivirus softwares(the real ones)… help me pls.. kindly email your replies at uchiha112233@yahoo.com.ph

thank you

By Sideshow Bob on Aug 7, 2008 | Reply

Following on from what I did above on the 2nd of August, I checked my task manager (right click on the bottom taskbar) and found another suspicous application running. I forget the exact name but is was similar to the other one I deleted but began with an “l”, something like “lphctph0el2″. I ended the task and deleted it and my computer has been running perfect ever since.

By ackers on Aug 7, 2008 | Reply

I tried denz’s solution and it worked. Also remove the file from “program files” after you’ve followed his instructions and all is well

By Baij on Aug 8, 2008 | Reply

denz’s solution just worked for me as well…thanks mate

By Cliff on Aug 10, 2008 | Reply

Thanks guys and gals, I followed Kevin and Audrey’s ideas and it worked. Right clicking and looking at the properties on the shortcuts give an idea of the file name you’re looking for. Found in Programme file and Windows\systems32.

By Joe on Aug 10, 2008 | Reply

Hi all,
I just finished the process of getting rid of this annoying thing called “XP Aintivirus 2008″. What a hard thing to do.
I didn’t read all the posts here as they are too many, but hopefully I can share the steps I perfomed to bring my computer back to sanity
I had to use several Unix-like tools to help me in this process. Yes, I have a Unix background and this helped me a lot when using the command line. BTW, this is the tool you might need to use a lot in order to accomplish this task.
I use the following tools: tlist.exe (a MS copy of the ps command in Unix), kill.exe (same thing). I’ll explain the use of these tools a little later and the adware 2008 (free version, but good!)

These steps apply to MS Windows XP Home Edition.
1. *Turn off* System Restore. Hopefully you know how to do this.
2. Open a command prompt, I call it a “console session”. Start –> Run –> cmd, then press the OK button.
3. Use the tlist command to list all the tasks that are running on the infected machine. This is similar to the Task Manager, but I found that task manager does not display all running processes. The output of this command will display the “ID” of the running processes, take note of it, you will need it soon.
4. Use the kill command to literally kill the service you want to terminate. This assumes the XPA.EXE for example (I was infected with that process). At the prompt type:
C:\>kill -f , the “-f” flag means “force”.
4.1 Oops! I forgot this step.
In another post I found that you need to unregister the following DLLs: shlwapi.dll, wininet.dll and msplg7.dll.
The best way to search for this files is the command prompt, the UNIX way! What will make it easier for you is to dump the output (search result) to a text file, so you can keep track of your changes.
At the command prompt, type, exactly like this:
C:\>dir shlwapi.dll /s > list.txt
Repeat this command for the other files, *but* instead of the single “>”, use double, like “>>”, before the list.txt.
This simple means “add” more search result to the list.txt file.
Once I found all the files I was looking for, I simply “renamed” (don’t delete them) those files to say “shlwapi.joe”, all of them.
CAUTION: the files in the \system32 directory might not be able to be renamed. You have to do it in “Safe Mode”.
Keep a copy of those files, just in case.

5. Once the “xp antivirus” processes are terminated, proceed to uninstall *all the junk* that it installed, including those annoying Yahoo, Google, etc, toolbars (you can reinstall them later if you so love them:)
6. I must warn you here with my disclaimer!! Perform this step “at your very own risk”. No need to panic though, remember, you can back up the registry *before you make any changes, just in case*. Open the registry editor and look for any entries related to “xp antivirus”. In my case I found only four (4) entries in the entire registry.
- Well, without hesitation I proceeded to backup each particular entry (yes, you can do that intead of backing up the entire registry) and then *deleted* them!!
7. I then ran an adware removal software to remove any other remains of it. Well, I ran this software *before and after*. (Yeah, I know, I should have put this step as step 0! Hopefully you will read this before you attempt to wipe out your registry!)
8. I restarted my computer. Voila! No more of those annoying messages and now it seems to be clean!!

I hope this would help somebody today
Have a happy ending!

By Joe on Aug 10, 2008 | Reply

Ladies and gentlemen,

I just realized that my previous comments were posted in the wrong forum. Please forgive me:)

Oh well, I do hope that it can find its way into someone looking for help with the “xp antivirus” problem.

By Ed on Aug 11, 2008 | Reply

I have a headache.

By brenda on Aug 12, 2008 | Reply

I have like over 6000 .dll files when I did a search. Is this normal?

By steph on Aug 13, 2008 | Reply

OMG What the hell is this shit?i hate sitting here trying to delete everything without much luck i cant do half the things people are saying to do because its not WORKING.this shit is a NIGHTMARE.ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh if anybody can help me please do.

By Richard on Aug 14, 2008 | Reply

Got the xpantivirus. Not the best with PC so can anyone show me a step by step guide that is easy to understand as im crap with computers!!!! Cant get it off the system

By Ann on Aug 16, 2008 | Reply

I really don’t know what to do! First i tried to rename one of the dll files and it worked i put it on the desktop and then i deleted and i restarted my computer but there are two more infected dll files and i can’t rename them or even put them on the desktop or delete them i also tried to restore the system but it didn’t worked i can’t restore the system to the previos month//(sorry 4 my bad english~
I need help please what should i do???

By GB on Aug 17, 2008 | Reply

I tried all possible directories but unable to do the “regsevr32 u/ filename.dll” command… please help

By Jordan on Aug 19, 2008 | Reply

When i go to run then cmd and i enter regsvr32 /u filename.dll it says The specified module cannot be found????????…… Smoeone help driving me crazy!!!!!!

By phil on Aug 19, 2008 | Reply

hey people….im having the same problems with unregistering shlwapi.dll and wininet.dll….i was able to remove all the anti2008s and stop processing but when i go into cmd it wont let me unreg….i followed marks direc to a t and in wont let me del….when i put in “regsvr32/u filename” it says…
“file.dll was loaded, but the DllUnregisterserver entry point was not found. This file cannot be registered.”…..and when i end process explorer.exe in the task manager the put in “DEL file.dll”…it says acsess denied…..help please

By shelbie on Aug 19, 2008 | Reply

It said the file could not be found
This is starting to piss me off now, haha.

By kot on Aug 19, 2008 | Reply

I got the antivir XP 08 3 weeks ago. I formated the C:\ but it didnt help, i was back the second day. So I removed all partitions and formated it again. After 3 weeks the antivir is back. I did not browse any dangerous pages or anything like that, I also did not hit any install. Where can it be? I have an second drive, can it be somewere there? If yes, is there a way to find it and delete it?

By kot on Aug 19, 2008 | Reply

I got the antivir XP 08 about 3 weeks ago. i formated my C drive, the vir was back after a day. So I deleted the patrtition and then formated C. After 3 weeks the antivir is back. I did not browse any suspicious web pages or install anything. It just showed up. Where can it hide? Is there any software that can find it before it installs. I have another drive, maybe it is hidding there, but I have no idea how to find it.
This is the first time that format C did not do the job for me

By be on Aug 20, 2008 | Reply

was ook besmet op 2 machine, 1 gerepareerd via live care van microsoft

By Claire on Aug 21, 2008 | Reply

My son accidentently downloaded this pain in the arse virus last night, I switched off the lap top straight away and then looked at all the posts on another pc. I’ve followed the advice from Audrey on Jul 16th and Bayluv408 on Aug 2nd. Once I’d followed their instructions, I did a search on “av2009″ in all files and folders and found an install folder, two .exe files and something else. I changed them to .doc files and deleted them so hopefully it’s gone!

By Dean on Aug 21, 2008 | Reply

I go to run and it does not show c:\>

it shows:c:\Documents and settings\owner>

how do I change it to c:\>

By Larry on Aug 21, 2008 | Reply

Hey there everyone. It contracted the dreaded AntiVirus 08 virus last night. It appears that I have been able to delete it from my computer (it does not autorun, it does not show up in my files, it does not seem to be affecting my performance) but I still have the “Warning! Spyware detected on your computer” screen that pops up upon start up. It stays on as well. I have tried some of the suggestions above with no avail.

Has anyone been able to get this screen to disappear? Can you help me. Not sure if I have a different strand than others had or not.

Thanks

By Doug on Aug 21, 2008 | Reply

This is a real bs program. None of the delete process works. I cannot get rid of this d— program and I am very disgusted. This company should be sued and put out of business. This is the absolute WORST program available and what is being done is illegal. I am contacting Micrsoft, Forensics, BBB, and our internet security advisors about this problem. It has blured my screen and I cannot get rid of it

By matt on Aug 21, 2008 | Reply

to get to c:\> type:
cd c:\windows
such as
c:\Documents and settings\owner>cd c:\windows

By Raz! on Aug 22, 2008 | Reply

This is what i did. ok i want to task manager. i found the AntiVirus.exe. ended it. then i deleted the whole folder. hopefully it works.

By jimmy d on Aug 22, 2008 | Reply

holy snikies…what is this thing!!!!

By jimmy d on Aug 22, 2008 | Reply

ok..everyone point your cellphones at it and FIRE1111

By jimmy d on Aug 22, 2008 | Reply

in run: taskmgr if you see burito.exe uncheck this or lanmanwrk,

By mayra on Aug 22, 2008 | Reply

I need help!!
I don’t know how to get rid of this thing!! The previous posts are helpful to some I’m sure, but I’m afraid I don’t understand. (too complicated to even read!)
can someone please help? I need simpler steps

By Richard on Aug 22, 2008 | Reply

Okay so I tried audery’s and babyluv’s way. The thing is I didn’t actually install Antirus Xp 2008. It came “attached” with a video codec I downloaded. ANybody got the same problem

By liam on Aug 23, 2008 | Reply

i deleted the .dll files but now my pc wont logon because it says the dll i deleted need to be reinstalled, just about to throw pc out the window, any help would be appreciated

By Jeanette on Aug 23, 2008 | Reply

A laptop lent to me is infected by this XP Antivirus 2008.
I have spent 4 hours on this already.
I will have to contact my employer and hopefully their techs will know how to delete this off their laptop.
What I want to know is- can Windows bring up a lawsuit and who knows who to contact? Congress, representatives, who?
This kind of stuff needs to end, especially as this is a legitimate business (I guess?)

By fharris on Aug 25, 2008 | Reply

I am game to sign on for a lawsuit. I am an atty licensed to practice in GA. This is crazy! I am still trying to figure this thing out and GET IT OFF MY COMPUTER!

By Ryan on Aug 27, 2008 | Reply

Here’s a crazy question: Would it just be easier to BUY the stupid thing?

Would that get rid of this mess on my computer?

Would buying and letting it install damage my computer in some OTHER way?

Just wondering, may be worth all the hassle.

By Dan on Aug 27, 2008 | Reply

I used System Restore to get rid of it.

By Shannon on Aug 29, 2008 | Reply

Go to task manager and end the program, then delete it from your program files… it goes away.

By mike on Aug 29, 2008 | Reply

I went to task manager and ended the program, but didn’t see it in program files, HELP PLEASE.

By andy on Sep 1, 2008 | Reply

i think we should hunt down the people that are responsible and give em a good kicking

By Nabi on Sep 1, 2008 | Reply

i have searched my computer to find the file MFC71.dll .. I have found more than one , which one should be removed?

By Robert on Sep 1, 2008 | Reply

I need help!!
I don’t know how to get rid of this thing!! The previous posts are helpful to some I’m sure, but I’m afraid I don’t understand. (too complicated for me to understand!)
Can someone please help? I need simpler steps that a computer dummy like me can understand.

By stacy on Sep 2, 2008 | Reply

I am disgusted with this! I can’t believe I actually thought it was an XP program and I paid the money to get the viruses off my system. Anything to make it stop. I thought I was smarter than to fall prey to this kind of thing and even had my computer-saavy friend help me look at it, he suggested buying the software.

After looking into it more… the company that launched this is called Innovagest2000.com. It is a site that sells porn video making.

To the lawyer that blogged, I am all for a lawsuit!

By Gwen on Sep 2, 2008 | Reply

I agree where do I sign up for this lawsuit. How do people get away with this. I’ve already bought SpyDoctor which said it would get rid of it… it didn’t. I had an outside firm do a scan and they told me they couldn’t find anything. I’ve spent $169.00 so far and Best Buy is telling me it will be $399.00 to remove it! Holy cow, wouldn’t I just be better off buying a new PC. How about suing Microsoft for
failing to protect personal information by selling faulty software…

By sab on Sep 4, 2008 | Reply

okay so i don’t even know how this got on my computer, because i haven’t downloaded anything except some music on itunes! anyway, i have symatec anti-virus on my computer, i’m running a scan, does anyone know if that will get rid of it????

By trevor on Sep 5, 2008 | Reply

i remove 10 of thease everyday , i think $69.99 is reasonable for the complete removal and people are always bitching that that is too much. its not really hard to remove but care must be taken to get all of it or it will come back.

By Heather on Sep 6, 2008 | Reply

I have posted how to get rid of this antivirus2008 and for some reason my postings have been erased. Maybe because I know how to ridden it without downloading what they want you to download, and its FREE to remove it. So if you need help in removing it email me @ missy_queen@yahoo.com and I will email you back with how to remove it for FREE!! In subject put antivirus2008 when emailing me so I will open it and not delete it! Thank you and good luck.

By urgod on Sep 7, 2008 | Reply

Hey
Just to say, the guy who talked about system restore, it’s works!! Altough, you just have to make sure you go bak far enough

By Roberta on Sep 8, 2008 | Reply

My little brother downloaded this thing to my pc, I can not get it off. I can’t go to run because that is gone now as well, any ideas? I was going to just erase my computer, but I got it from a friend and i have no back up.

By Nazeer on Sep 8, 2008 | Reply

Me too a visctim. I not even know I downloaded this one. When it was running what I thought was that it was a starwar between Microsoft Antivirus and McAfee Antivirus…funny in the beginning…but soon I realised that I’m trapped nicely…I’m trying to digest the all manual steps, but in the meantime I’m backing up my files as I affraid I will end up in re formating the machine only.

By scott on Sep 8, 2008 | Reply

im all for the lawsuit too either that or a 357 magnum or a malatav cocktail to innovagests headquarters!!! assholes like that should be SHOT!!

By Barry on Sep 10, 2008 | Reply

People you are allowing these idiots to rule your life?????
After you backup your docs and crap on DVDR or USB drive. DO A RESTORE (DESTRUCTIVE) which means format the hard drive.
Badda Bing your done in hours…..Now the next time your backup will take even less time, because you already have most data backed up, so 2 hours and your back up, for the rest of your life. DONT LET THESE DORKS TAKE ONE MORE SECOND OF YOUR LIFE. This includes norton and all so called antivirus products.

By Louis on Sep 15, 2008 | Reply

I’ve tried about almost everything and with no luck.

I haven’t tried a reformat but from what I’ve been reading it probably wont work.

Also, I’ve heard somewhere that programs could be stored on that battery thing that keeps the time stored.
It’s that wrist watch type battery on the motherboard. Take that out and try the reformat.
… maybe that’s how it keeps coming back?
Who the fuck knows.

I’m all for violence against the people who created this thing.

By ross on Sep 15, 2008 | Reply

go to the task manager and end the program, the go to my computer/c:/program files/ and look for a name that stands out. i think it starts with R?

By Gordon on Sep 17, 2008 | Reply

Read up on it. It is easy if you follow the steps. If you have paid them from a visa card, cancel the payment through visa.
Ya dumb asses.

By Tiffie on Sep 17, 2008 | Reply

Wow….Someone was able to do a system restore? All my restore points have been deleted..I am unable to go to any antivirus website..it redirects me to spyware/adware pages instead.. I am also unable to boot up in safemode..

By D Patterson on Sep 19, 2008 | Reply

Hi All, I have had this stupid Antivirus 2008 on my computer and have been unable to delete it. I bought Kaspersky and downloaded it and ran the scan and even contacted support and they were unable to help me. Please if anyone has anything that works, and doesnt jack my computer up even more, please help me! As soon as I cut on my PC I get the annoying blue screen that says ““Warning! Spyware detected on your computer”, when i put in “regsvr32/u filename” it says…
“file.dll was loaded, but the DllUnregisterserver entry point was not found. Any help, please email me at dawnp1979@gmail.com

By Dawn on Sep 20, 2008 | Reply

I cannot get this off of my computer! I search for the files and they are not found. Please help!

By Hope on Sep 22, 2008 | Reply

I have tried unregister…not found, find n delete…not found, remove…not found, but virus still detected. I tried system restore, but can not, only restores to the time the virus was downloaded by my husband… We never clicked on agree and install with the anivirus XP 2008 license agreement though…REALLY ticking me off…HELP! PLEASE!!!!

By Paul on Sep 23, 2008 | Reply

Post 149 was very helpful. I was able to remove it quite easily after reading it. However, you have to browse through your program files to find out what the virus is hiding itself under. It named itself “3″ in my files…not Antivirus XP 08 or anything like that.

So, if you see any program files you don’t recognize…click on that…and then follow the easy steps in post 149. thanks for your help everyone.

By Linda on Sep 24, 2008 | Reply

Help!! Got the virus. Can’t find it anywhere. it is eating up everything. can’t get online, can’t access task manager. HELP!!!!!!!!!!!

By michael w. fuller on Sep 29, 2008 | Reply

live in los angeles, ca. every 5 weeks i have to deal with a serious virus, but this one takes the cake (or my computer). i’ve read where someone would like to kill this person, i say no let him rot in maximum security prison with laxative in their food, every meal(for reasons that they killed my computer with their stupid virus)
i’m stuck in a wheelchair and my ears ring 24/7. (cerebral palsy and tinitus, nine tears and ciunting.)and no freinds to speak of and the family doesn’t want anything to do with me either, and at 51 1/2 amost 52 by less than two months well, wake up fool and get with reality, would you like to deal with all i’m dealing with??? i could go on and on but i’ll stop here for now.
eternity well i got some news for the so and so, you opened a bad door that you can’t return.
mfuller6@ca.rr.com

By ANGIE on Sep 30, 2008 | Reply

Dear Mark.
I have been trying to remove this death trap for about 1 week straight i have been trying to go through the different directions and nothing works. I can get the pathetic blue desk top and i can’t download the McPhee that i get free from comcast. I have had 2 back surgeries and this sittin in front of the computer is killing me.

Is there simple directions, hard drive toooo heavy to carrie to someone to fix it.

I can’t all the .dll’s i found say it belings to dell. i dont know what to delete, and also i did find some files that look rediculas but the warning is still there, everyone wants money to download removals, i don’t have a charge card. Anyone, anyone thanks

By bj on Oct 1, 2008 | Reply

can anyone direct me to the creator of netbooster I would like to meet this idiot and then torture him for extended periods as not only have I had to reimage but also I have lost important client information and have been forced to repeat my tafe diploma which I had almost completed as major assignments have been lost in the process and still this crap is affecting my system I have tried everything listed here as well as reimaging.

If noone can direct me to the actual person then just an online alias will do

Also any other removal suggestions would be highly appreciated

By naima on Oct 4, 2008 | Reply

my computer keep sayin that task manager has been disabled by the adminstrator but I am the adminstrator how do i fix this?

By Diane on Oct 6, 2008 | Reply

Can you help with this? I get the message: The module “filename.dll” failed to load. Make sure the binary is stored at the specified path or debug it to check for problems with the binary or dependent .DLL files. The specified module could not be found.

By sw33ty on Oct 6, 2008 | Reply

Thank you Mark (:

By Karen on Oct 8, 2008 | Reply

I just got the virus “Antivirus 2009.” Is it the same as AV2008? Same procedures for deleting it?

By Christy on Oct 9, 2008 | Reply

My computer keeps saying “Blah has been disabled by your administrator”.. I’m the only profile on my computer.. when I try the Start>Run>taskmgr and also use the Start>Run>regedit.. most of the instructions on how to fix this problem require me to be able to access these places.. but I cant.. can someone give some advice on how to enable the task manager and the registry edit?

By HRW on Oct 11, 2008 | Reply

I ‘ve got this Trojan.Zlod.Worm.Apache had all the windows that you show on your page above. This was despite having Avast, spybot and ad-aware installed. In safe mode everything seems OK but in normal start up mode I can’t use any of the ‘icons’ after pressing the start icon all my desktop icons disappear for a few seconds and then reappear but I can’t open any of the programmes, control panel, internet etc. I’ve installed and run Norton 360 which has got rid of the blank windows that kept on appearing and the warning that I had a security problem. However, I still can’t use the icons after clicking on start icon. I looked at the list of .dll files and found that from the list printed on one of the xp/how to unregister dll files web pages that I have pmspl.dll and msvideo.dll. I’m not sure whether or not I should do anything to them as both of them are on my kids computer and there are no problems with it. HELP

By HRW on Oct 11, 2008 | Reply

audrey july16 you are a star. Your advice worked. If only I had found your blog 2 days ago!

By tenzack on Oct 11, 2008 | Reply

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By gregory on Oct 23, 2008 | Reply

Hi.

When I am starting my system I got 2 notices:

Error loading c:windows/system32/wvUnLETn.dll
The Specified module could not be found.
and
Error loading c:/users/xxx/AppData/ Local/Temp/fiuhguft.dll
The Specified module could not be found.

What does it mean and how can i get rid of that?

Thanks for You help.

By Vicky on Oct 27, 2008 | Reply

I have more than one of each shlwapi.dll and wininet.dll file. Do I unregister all of them? Also, why is it necessary to unregister before deleteng?

By eli on Nov 11, 2008 | Reply

my one is saying how they cant find the file what shall i do

By eli on Nov 11, 2008 | Reply

actually it is saying how they do not recognise the ‘c:\’

By Abby on Nov 11, 2008 | Reply

i can not seem to be able to locate my dll file as i can not change what comes after the c:/ as it is not letting me change this what shall i do??

By Ryan on Nov 18, 2008 | Reply

How Do I get rid of this Antivirus 2009 on Vista for free. Is it a long process or should I buy somehting to remove it?
Thank You for anyone help!!!

By satish on Nov 21, 2008 | Reply

thanks. it worked very well

By maity on Nov 26, 2008 | Reply

Hi,

In my case, when I run an anti-virus software it shows a registry keys pointing towards hulifeki.dll and govebosa.dll (the latter of which gives me an error message on boot up saying cannot be found)

Now neither of these can be found in the system32 folder where they are supposed to be located, or for that matter anywhere else on c drive, yet I am still getting the annoying pop-ups!

Moreover, when I try to un-register hulifeki.dll, it says it was “loaded, but the DLLUnregisterServer entry point was not found. This file can not be registered.” the other one simply can’t be found.

Please help.

Thanks.

By sana zahara on Dec 3, 2008 | Reply

Thanx for Audery (16 July) i followed ur instruction and it worked for me. Cheers!

By Nathan Aguru on Dec 21, 2008 | Reply

Couple of days ago “spyware guarde 2008″ downloaded itself into my hard drive and since then I’ve been trying to delete this sucker and it kept on downloading more of it’s self. I need help.

By Doc Zeremba on Dec 22, 2008 | Reply

I am stuck at step 2 where it says to type in the file name. How the heck do I know the file names? Are they “shlwapi.dll” and
“wininet.dll”?

By Wayne on Dec 24, 2008 | Reply

Did you ever get the spyware guard 2008 uninstalled. It is really getting on my nerves.

Thx,
Wayne

By Greg on Dec 24, 2008 | Reply

Sounds like you have a Vundo trojan visiting for the holidays. Google for help and kill it as soon as possible.

By laura on Dec 24, 2008 | Reply

Okay guys. I’ve tried everything. My next option is throwing it off the roof of my house. I’ve done the C:\ windows\ system 23 and all that fun stuff. I’ve deleted it manually. I’ve tried it all. It just keeps giving me that “file cannot be deleted” bs.

Is begining to look like the only future for my computer at this point is a long fall with a hard landing.

By asan on Dec 26, 2008 | Reply

i have this spyware i did know ow to remove it
can enyone help me?????

System Volume Information\_restore{98DF0744-E9D0-4D5D-BAFF-085C137ADB1B}\RP197\A0118699.exe »NSIS »NSISSpywareSecure2.dll – Win32/Adware.SpywareSecure applicazione

By Kyle on Dec 27, 2008 | Reply

Yes Laura, I just had the same problem…its real easy to fix, go up the page and read kevins response, all u have to do is drag the file to desktop, right click on it and rename to (the file. doc). restart your computer and then drag to the recycle bin..

Good luck
Kyle

By Park on Jan 12, 2009 | Reply

under what the name of file is antivirus 2009 hiding

By billy on Jan 20, 2009 | Reply

How do you go to the cd root?

By billy on Jan 20, 2009 | Reply

Seriously, someone should track those bastards that created the spyware and either KILL THEM or SUE THEM!

By dave on Feb 2, 2009 | Reply

k got this antivirus 2008 thing that most of u r talkin bout. read how to manually delete it..but cant do any of the things im suppose to do. cant open taskmanager, wont let me. says its been shut off by administrator. cant open C harddisk says reclyedboot32 etc. dont know the dll or w/e so dont know what to type in the run command.

any suggestions?

By dave on Feb 2, 2009 | Reply

got my taskmanager back finally, but how toidentify the correct process to dlete? how to know what file name to type in the run command?

By shella on Feb 8, 2009 | Reply

i have this virus detected from norton its Trojan.Brisv.A!inf that requires manual remaval. please help. thanks

By ian on Feb 22, 2009 | Reply

i trid your method but i when i am deleting it says access is denied
i was trying to delete a shlwapi.dll file and a wininet.dll file both of them access denied and in the windows system32 folder

any ideas?

By jason smith on Apr 1, 2009 | Reply

get the fuck off my computer

By polo on Apr 6, 2009 | Reply

I agreed with your assesstment in regards to DLL’s however what do you do when you have a black screen with the the DLL’s message and you can’t reboot? Since I can’t get to my start button due to my black screen, what command do I use to get it to a run mode?

By George on Apr 30, 2009 | Reply

Hi Mark When I Used The CD Command and inserted windows/system32 i keep getting the sane message which is it is not recognized as in internal or external command

your thoughts??

By nutt on May 26, 2009 | Reply

if you found error when unregister dll
please try to stop SQL service and antivirus
and then unregister and register again
For me it’s work……

By abhishek on Jun 12, 2009 | Reply

Marius ,you have used wrong command for unregister that file
it might be possible that u used
regsvr32 \u filename
right one is regsvr32 /u filename

By joe on Jul 5, 2009 | Reply

why can’t it be opened

By Evy on Jul 8, 2009 | Reply

If you’re having problems unregistering or deleting a dll file it’s probably because you have a virus and it has attached the dll file to something like the winlogon file/service which starts up very early in the windows startup and that’s why you can’t get rid of it in safe mode. I’ve had this problem before with the Virtumonde virus.

Solution: Get your Windows CD and run recovery console. You’ll need your admin password, hope you wrote it down. Now you can delete the dll file.

I would definately run an antivirus program, clean out the internet temp folder and the regular temp folder. After you restart and everything looks fine, I would turn off system restore, reboot then turn it back on.

Good Luck

By Frank on Jul 23, 2009 | Reply

my bad, I meant Folder Lock

By hunter on Aug 8, 2009 | Reply

I cannot even start>run, once i type in “cmd” and try to open it, i get a pop up error message saying that says “running of application impossible. The file C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe is infected. Please activate your antivirus program”. For everything application i get the same message.

By jasmine on Sep 5, 2009 | Reply

i need help i got the same problem as the rest
of you guys i did just about everything you could to remove this c:\Program Files\Personal Antivirus pop up if anybody can help me step by step please let me thanks ;

By Jen on Sep 6, 2009 | Reply

I have this windows antivirus (virus). I cannot run in cmd or regedit. It comes up but doesn’t let me type anything. I can download things, but cannot run or install them. I can’t use system restore or add or remove program, it says rundll32.exe is incorrect. Please help this is a nightmare

By Nicci on Sep 30, 2009 | Reply

I agree….lets find out who these sons of bitches are and sue thier asses off!!! My computer has this stinking virus on it now too and every time I try to log on to my computer and it just acts like its rebooting again and goes to a black screen and does this over and over….I don’t know what to do!

By ninja on Oct 12, 2009 | Reply

hey i am new to this and i am tryin to delete a dll file. when i type in “regsvr32/u kh.dll” it comes up with:

“the module “kh.dll” failed to load

make sure the binary is stored at the specific path or debug it to check for problems with the binary or dependant.DLL files.

the specific module could not be found”

what do i do from here??