c:\windows\winupdate.com.xtr is not a valid win32 applcation

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4 the love of me ...plz help me any 1 .....can you e-mail
me why and how do i fix this problem that appears on the
screen every time i start my comp.

with manny thanks to any 1 to who can help me...

anoyed....hoops....
 
Hi

A double-barrelled extension could indicate a virus. Have you virus-checked your system with the latest definitions for your AV program?

Will
 
tar..mate...iv'e tryed my viress program Nod32..and
updated it...but i still get the same thing on startup..

regards ..hoops..
 
hoops said:
4 the love of me ...plz help me any 1 .....can you e-mail
me why and how do i fix this problem that appears on the
screen every time i start my comp.
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xtr is not an extension for any legitimate program, and at a guess has
been added to .com (which is) by an AV program in order to quarantine
the file.

It looks as if you have a line in the startup system trying to run it
(And that may be all the AV has left around, in the end). Start - Run -
MSConfig and look in Startup for a line that invokes it - uncheck the
line - OK and don't bother to reboot. Next time you do there will be a
message from 'System Configuration' - check the 'don't show again ' box
and Exit
,
 
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