"Mark V" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Tom Brown wrote in news:bkbsjs$fam$(E-Mail Removed):
>
> >
> > "Mark V" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:Xns93FA6EC04D74z9zzaQ2btw@207.46.248.16...
> >> Naresh wrote in news:643d01c37d47$788862e0$(E-Mail Removed):
> >>
> >> > Can any one please explain me what is the use of
> >> > run32.dll , what does if do? and also i would really
> >> > appretiate if any one cud lemme know watz the difference
> >> > between the run32.dll and rundll32.exe
> >> > Awaiting for the responce,
> >>
> >> Did you Google?
> >> "run32.exe" yields 1400+ hits. Trojan/Worm! Probably SirCam
> >>
> >> This one:
> >> http://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/sircam.shtml
> >> dicusses various files including run32.exe and rundll32.exe as
> >> relates to the infection
> >>
> >> rundll32.exe should be a valid Win NTx file. Check it's
> >> properties. Update your A-Virus and Anto-Trjan software.
>
> > How about run32.dlll though?
>
> Thanks Tom, (".dlll" ?) ;-)
oops, tooo much coffeee again
> Ah. I must have mixed the "dll"s ""32"s, "exe"s, and "run"s
> together!
>
> Sorry OP. My mistake. I think perhaps my prior post may not apply.
> I have nothing on run32.dll. What (if anything) is in it's
> Properties page? It is not to my knowledge a Microsoft file. Do you
> find it listed in the registry? Where?
>
>
I think you may be right Mark, and this is just the sort of confusion
virus-writers rely on. I don't have a run32.dll on any of my Win98 or Win2000
installations, even though a search on google might lead you to think it is a
genuine file.
I would agree with Mark's guess - check if it's a virus.