Scoob
Sun Mar 23 15:14:03 PDT 2008
Finally after 3 days, I was able to get rid of this nasty malware. I am still
getting a RUNDLL message at start up saying this spad.dll exception. It is
annoying, but is not affecting my system. Any idea of how to get rid of this
exception pop up?
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I appreciate any help I get.
"Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM" wrote:
> "Scoob" <Scoob@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:8C01FC7B-4F52-4556-93EF-47CCCB2C7508@microsoft.com...
> > The message I get is.....An exception occured while trying to run
> > "C:\WINDOWS\system32\spads.dll"DllVerify"
> > --
> > I appreciate any help I get.
>
> Do a thorough check for malware, following all of the steps at one of these
> Web pages.
> Help with malware:
> All MS-MVP Sites.
>
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
>
http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm
>
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware
>
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
>
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/darnit.html
>
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/Malware_Defence.htm
>
> Unexplained computer behavior may be caused by deceptive software.
>
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/827315
>
> So How Did I Get Infected Anyway?
> For quite a few people it's by installing programs like Messenger Plus,
> whose ads for malware don't identify the malware as such and try to convince
> you that you owe it to the author. See also:
>
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=27971
> Don't ever do a "default" install of anything. Always choose Custom and see
> what else is being carried along. Don't install any extras you're not sure
> of.
>
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> Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM
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