Solved Missing qlidx.dll?

[BarnabasSackett]

I don't believe that this is in anyway related to the problems reported in my most recent thread because this message started showing up weeks ago. When I'd restart, as opposed to waking it up from hibernation, I would a message telling me that

C:\USERS\username\APPDATA\ROAMING\qlidx.dll

is not found. I have no idea which application is looking for this dll. I googled qlidx.dll and didn't find anything.

Any ideas?

Thanks.

 

[marsmimar]

Any time there's no information available on a .dll file or an .exe file I become suspicious. Legitimate files will usually have several references when they are googled. If no info is available I think malware. Suggest you do a full scan with your resident anti-malware suite. No anti-malware program is 100% effective 100% of the time. If there was such a thing we'd all be using it. So I'd also run these additional free scans.

Malwarebytes

ESET Online Scanner

Windows Defender Offline (This is a bootable malware and virus remover. You'll need to create the CD/DVD/USB Flash on a computer that's known to be malware-free.)

 

[BarnabasSackett]

Well, I ran Malwarebytes and it found a bunch of stuff. Then I ran ESET and it found a bunch of other stuff. Then I ran both again and neither found anything. I don't know where that stuff came from. I run AVG anti-virus and I'm usually pretty careful about what I download.

I then looked in MS-CONFIG and found that the dll in question was mentioned in there. It doesn't exist on my computer which is why I was getting that message at startup but it was still listed in the "RUN" section of the registry. Simple solution, delete the entry.

One of life's mysteries that may never be solved.

 

[marsmimar]

If your computer had been previously infected it's possible that the mysterious .dll file was added to different system files. Running Malwarebytes and ESET probably removed the "poisonous head of the snake" leaving behind the benign tail in msconfig. And now that's gone as well.

Hopefully your machine is back to normal but periodic scans with Malwarebytes and ESET won't hurt. Just in case there's something lying dormant waiting for another chance to go active. Thanks for posting back with the update.