Tard with a rundll problem.

Generator85 · 03 Mar 2011

Ok, so every time I restart my system I get 3 rundll error messages. Saying something like "specified module could not be located". But these don't seem to be typical dll's, that is, well.. this is an example of one:

C:\Users\Genera~1\AppData\Local\Temp\{930EF893-E312-4C06-ADCD-53601B61F8D5}\2d45.dll

They're all variations of that. Now.. I know I was infected with something or another.. which is why I decided to go to town with iolo system mechanic after my antivirus "removed" the threat. However.. I may have went a little too far in my spring cleaning frenzy and possibly deleted some important files. I googled the hell out of this topic, but to no avail.

Can anyone tell me what this is/or might be? And if at all.. how to fix it?
Keep in mind I be very poor, so all those file recovery programs are a no go.

Thank you.

Orbital Shark · 03 Mar 2011

Hi, welcome to the forums :)

Although you say the virus you had was cleared it still looks like your system/registry is trying to call the files during boot.

I advise you download MalwareBytes and perform a full system scan.

Once complete, in the Start search box type %userprofile%\appdata\local\temp and delete everything in the folder then %systemroot%temp and delete everything in that folder then perform a reboot.

Note

You may be prompted that some files are in use, just skip them an continue

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Generator85 · 03 Mar 2011

Thank you for the welcome, and the lightening quick reply.. I don't think my post was up an entire minute!
Just for clarification, which I often need, I simply run the scan and follow your instructions? No purchase necessary?

Orbital Shark · 03 Mar 2011

Hi, sorry for the late reply (dam laptop repair)...

There's no purchase necessary, just download the free version and run the scan :)

Generator85 · 03 Mar 2011

So I used the Malware scanner and it found and removed a lot of junk that Norton AV didn't.. go figure. I also deleted what I could in the locations you directed me to, but that didn't seem to work.. actually another rundll error has popped up. Oh, and I greatly appreciate your help.. I feel like a needy kid tugging at your pant leg.