bridge.dll

[Travis]

I've now gotten rid of the problems I was having with my
taskbar, as well as getting rid of much adware I didn't
realise I had. Now, though, on startup I get the error
message:

RUNDLL
Error Loading C:\WINDOWS\Downloaded Program
Files\bridge.dll
The specified module could not be found.

My taskbar's fine now, I just want to know how to stop
this error from popping up.

 

[Michael D. Alligood]

After Spyware / Adware is remove, you may get an error finding files on reboot

After you use anyone of these programs (with the exception of HiJackThis) you may receive an error of some sort after rebooting your system. This is pretty common. Many spyware programs add themselves in the Startup location and execute when Windows boots. If you recieve an error when rebooting after removing spyware, do not panic. This is more than likely a startup remnant trying to access the spyware program that is no longer on your computer. HiJackThis is a great utility to find and remove these startup remnants. However, there is a less technical way of removing these items:

(1) Click START to RUN and type: msconfig
(2) Select the STARTUP tab
(3) Uncheck the file that pertained to the startup error message you received
(4) Click APPLY and OK
(5) Reboot your system

If this fails to fix the startup error message after reboot, there are still options:

(1) Navigate to C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
(2) Delete the icon that pertained to the startup error message you received
(3) Navigate to C:\Documents and Settings\username\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
(4) Delete the icon that pertained to the startup error message you received
(5) Reboot your system

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Best of luck!

Michael D. Alligood
MCSA, MCP, CCNA, A+,
Network+, i-Net+, CIW A, CIW CI