rundll32.exe and popup ads.

[Kal Ebretto]

After I start my computer, after certain intervals of
time with or without IE open, I get several popup ads.
rundll32.exe eventually errors and has to be closed.
After that, no more popups occur. On a search, I found
11 rundll32.exe.hexidecimal.pf files in the
Windows/Prefetch folder and rundll32.exe in
Windows/System.

Neither Spybot Search & Destroy nor Norton AntiVirus find
anything. I wouldn't be as annoyed if the ads didn't
switch me out of HalfLife and cause HL's sounds to not
play.

 

[Jim Brev]

Hello,

I have seen this similar problem before on one of my
clients PC's, I install ADWARE 6.0 (downloads.com) and
this fixed the problem....but be aware of what you want
and don't want quarantined.

-Jim

 

[Guest]

Thanks, but it didn't fix the problem.

It did, however, help me find what's doing it. And I
can't remove the .dll, only the copy that's made if a
copy doesn't exist upon restart. aaaamon.dll and
aaaamon.cpy.dll. aaaamon.dll is in use at all times, so
I can't remove/rename/copy/do anything with it...It has
no Version tab in the properties, unlike everything else
I've checked.

Anyone know how to remove it?