Error on Start Up

[John G.]

Removed Trojan and Malware viruses with AVG and Spybot. Everything is fixed
except a start up error message that says Module cannot be found
C/windows/system32/sqtwcwnc.dll How do I get rid of the message. Everything
is working.
I apologize for posting under general discuss by mistake.

 

[Galen]

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message.

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Removed Trojan and Malware viruses with AVG and Spybot. Everything is
fixed
except a start up error message that says Module cannot be found
C/windows/system32/sqtwcwnc.dll How do I get rid of the message.
Everything
is working.
I apologize for posting under general discuss by mistake.

Pesky Startup Apps:
http://kgiii.info/windows/all/general/startupapps.html

There's a link on that page but you also want to go through the list of
startup applications and see what you need and what you don't need. A search
for that file name in specific didn't turn up anything so you may have to go
through them looking to see what you need and what you don't need.

--
Galen (Not Current MS-MVP)

My Geek Site: http://kgiii.info
Web Hosting: http://whathostingshould.be

"In solving a problem of this sort, the grand thing is to be able to reason
backwards. That is a very useful accomplishment, and a
very easy one, but people do not practise it much. In the every-day affairs
of life it is more useful to reason forwards, and so
the other comes to be neglected. There are fifty who can reason
synthetically for one who can reason analytically." - Sherlock
Holmes

 

[nass]

Removed Trojan and Malware viruses with AVG and Spybot. Everything is fixed
except a start up error message that says Module cannot be found
C/windows/system32/sqtwcwnc.dll How do I get rid of the message. Everything
is working.
I apologize for posting under general discuss by mistake.

Go through these Cleaning steps:
1... First, try to clean up your caches, Internet files and delete cookies
by doing this:
Click Start >> Control Panel >> Double click Network and Internet
Connections >> Double click Internet Options.
On the IE properties windows you will see these Tabs:
General | Security | Privacy | Content | Connections | Programs |
Advanced
Under General Tab clear your History, Internet Files and Cookies.
Then click on Advanced tab and scroll down to under the Browsing Option:
[&] Browsing
[ ] Enable Third-Party browser extensions (Req Rest) uncheck this box.
Then click on Programs Tab and click Manage Add-Ons and Disable all non
Verified Add-Ons (You should Renable them later one-by-one and see the
culprit and update it or remove it.
How to manage Add-Ons:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/883256
Scan for malware from here:
http://www.malwarebytes.org/rr-update/rr-free-setup.exe
http://onecare.live.com/site/en-gb/default.htm?s_cid=sah
http://onecare.live.com/standard/en-gb/default.htm

Run disk clean up on your Drive.
You can download this tool o run clean up:
http://www.ccleaner.com/download/builds/downloading-slim

You can download this tool "AutoRuns for Windows"
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902.aspx
And remove the entry from here:

Locate this key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run = look in
the right pane/window and remove the entry for it
"C:\windows\system32\sqtwcwnc.dll".

Run disk cleanup and defrag in safe mode. Then run this command:
sfc /scannow
HTH.
nass

 

[Mick Murphy]

John, there are 2 Registry Keys to look in, not 1.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Look for your rogue startup in those 2.

 

[nass]

Oh Really, Smart Troll has emerged with his nonsense!!
I wonder how long it took you to figure it out????

This an infestation with Zlob/Vundo variant, it can resurrect itself back
if not been cleaned thoroughly.

HTH,
nass
----
http://www.nasstec.co.uk

 

[John G.]

Thanks very much to Galen, Nass and Murphy.