Is this a virus?

A friend has an XP system and has the following problem.

As soon as the system starts up he gets an error window thrown up that is
something like WS2_32.dll filename.exe cannot find entry point. filename
seems to be a random name ending in a number and is different each time the
system starts. It is found in the settings and config (?) directory and
disappears from there if the process is terminated using Ctl+Alt+Del etc.
Almost everything seems fine then except for DUN.

It may or may not be related - but the DUN connection to Freenet has also
stopped working. It dials, does not say verifying password etc but jumps
straight to the bar and appears to be connected - however no data is
transferred.

Any suggestions - i.e. is this a known virus - or is there some other
problem and this random file is actually part of the MS system.

Thanks for any helpful comments

I have heard of this problem with windows 95 and hear is a
link about it. There couold also be the same issue with
your DUN so it might help or give you a starting point to
search from.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows95/.../contents/wuadm
intools/s_wunetworkingtools/w95sockets2/default.asp

Mark


>-----Original Message-----
>A friend has an XP system and has the following problem.
>
>As soon as the system starts up he gets an error window
thrown up that is
>something like WS2_32.dll filename.exe cannot find entry
point. filename
>seems to be a random name ending in a number and is
different each time the
>system starts. It is found in the settings and config
(?) directory and
>disappears from there if the process is terminated using
Ctl+Alt+Del etc.
>Almost everything seems fine then except for DUN.
>
>It may or may not be related - but the DUN connection to
Freenet has also
>stopped working. It dials, does not say verifying
password etc but jumps
>straight to the bar and appears to be connected - however
no data is
>transferred.
>
>Any suggestions - i.e. is this a known virus - or is
there some other
>problem and this random file is actually part of the MS
system.
>
>Thanks for any helpful comments
>
>
>.
>

>-----Original Message-----
>I have heard of this problem with windows 95 and hear is
a
>link about it. There couold also be the same issue with
>your DUN so it might help or give you a starting point
to
>search from.
>
>http://www.microsoft.com/windows95/...ds/contents/wua
dm
>intools/s_wunetworkingtools/w95sockets2/default.asp
>
>Mark
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>A friend has an XP system and has the following problem.
>>
>>As soon as the system starts up he gets an error window
>thrown up that is
>>something like WS2_32.dll filename.exe cannot find
entry
>point. filename
>>seems to be a random name ending in a number and is
>different each time the
>>system starts. It is found in the settings and config
>(?) directory and
>>disappears from there if the process is terminated
using
>Ctl+Alt+Del etc.
>>Almost everything seems fine then except for DUN.
>>
>>It may or may not be related - but the DUN connection
to
>Freenet has also
>>stopped working. It dials, does not say verifying
>password etc but jumps
>>straight to the bar and appears to be connected -
however
>no data is
>>transferred.
>>
>>Any suggestions - i.e. is this a known virus - or is
>there some other
>>problem and this random file is actually part of the MS
>system.
>>
>>Thanks for any helpful comments
>>
>>
>>.
>>
>.
>

ws2_32 - ws2_32.dll - DLL Information
http://www.liutilities.com/products...spro/dlllibrary
/ws2_32/

Thanks to those who replied.


"Rob" <occasionallychecked@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:uEejgx9mDHA.3612@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> A friend has an XP system and has the following problem.
>
> As soon as the system starts up he gets an error window thrown up that is
> something like WS2_32.dll filename.exe cannot find entry point. filename
> seems to be a random name ending in a number and is different each time
the
> system starts. It is found in the settings and config (?) directory and
> disappears from there if the process is terminated using Ctl+Alt+Del etc.
> Almost everything seems fine then except for DUN.
>
> It may or may not be related - but the DUN connection to Freenet has also
> stopped working. It dials, does not say verifying password etc but jumps
> straight to the bar and appears to be connected - however no data is
> transferred.
>
> Any suggestions - i.e. is this a known virus - or is there some other
> problem and this random file is actually part of the MS system.
>
> Thanks for any helpful comments
>
>