startup problems

I am a complete novice and I have suddenly had two error
mesages at Start Up

1)" Ledll has caused an error in IEDLL.EXE, possibly
corrupt, reinstall."
2) "LOADER.EXE has caused an error"

I do not know if these two items affect the running of
the PC, or if they are file fragments. They may be
harmless.....I don't have the know-how to reinstall these
items, so there is only one way, and that is to reinstall
ME.

I had tried to install XP but got into a bit of a mess so
managed to get ME back, but there doesn't seem to be a
restore point.

Thanks for any help.

FeiYuan
Wed Sep 24 11:28:09 CDT 2003

try diagnose windows to find out the problem:
http://www.SeeMeMe.com

siljaline
Thu Sep 25 17:17:31 CDT 2003


"Joan Archer" <archer_joan@NOSPAM.com> wrote:
> Courtesy of MikeM
> Joan
>=20
> Your errors are the result of your PC being infected with a recent =
version
> of
> the Cool Web Search hijacker. Neither iedll.exe or loader.exe are =
part of
> the
> Win Me operating system. Delete iedll.exe but be careful about =
loader.exe
> as
> there are some legitimate applications that include a file with this =
name.
> For
> more details see http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/darnit_2.htm#iedll =
and
> also
> http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/cwschronicles.html where you will =
also be
> able to download the latest version of the CWShredder which should =
remove
> all
> of the mess this hijacker has made of your registry
> http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/cwshredder.zip)
>=20
> If you have not already done so I would also recommend you download =
yourself
> a
> copy of the free Ad-Aware 6.0 from Lavasoft
> (http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/) and also SpyBot
> (http://security.kolla.de/) and scan your system for and remove any =
unwanted
> parasites, adware, spyware, foistware and any other junk that might be
> hiding
> on your PC.
> --
> Mike Maltby MS-MVP
> mcmaltby@hotmail.com
>=20

With a final sweep of 'Hijack This' *should* be in order with CWS - Cool =
Web.=20
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/hijackthis.zip
http://www.tomcoyote.org/hjt/=20

Cheers,

Silj`

--=20

siljaline

"Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game
because they almost always turn out to be -- or to be indistinguishable =
from
-- self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free =
time."
- Neil Stephenson, _Cryptonomicon_