files and viruses

[sheepy50]

When I start up windows xp I get a message about a missing
file UNIDRV.DLL. Then I am suppose to browse to find it
but it new finds it and I don't know what to do. Also
there are several other "bugs" going on lately. When
Kicked off the internet by the provider (I think) it
looks like I am still connected on my computer. It
doesn't recognize that it is no longer online. I do have
McAffee an have run several scans with nothing found. I
have been getting an extreme amount of virus laddened e-
mail looking like it comes from Micro-soft Corp but I know
someone has set these up to look like that. Anyway
it "blocks" by e-mail from coming in and I have to call my
server and ask to have them removed. Is there anything
else I can do?

 

[Stephen Johnson]

Run a spyware detecting program such as Spybot or Ad-aware (look on
download.com). Check you startup list for anything suspicious. If you want
you can post the list here, and I'll take a look at it.

Stephen

 

[Alex Nichol]

When I start up windows xp I get a message about a missing
file UNIDRV.DLL. Then I am suppose to browse to find it
but it new finds it and I don't know what to do.

Look for a copy in either
C:\Windows\Driver Cache\i386\driver.cab or
C:\Windows\Driver Cache\i386\sp1.cab
if you have SP1 installed - if that file is present look there first.

Either, d-click the .cab and look for the Unidrv.dll, double click it
and accept to extract to somewhere where you can easily browse to next
time you are asked (eg in C:\Windows). It may need to end up in more
than one place

Also
there are several other "bugs" going on lately. When
Kicked off the internet by the provider (I think) it
looks like I am still connected on my computer. It
doesn't recognize that it is no longer online. I do have
McAffee an have run several scans with nothing found. I
have been getting an extreme amount of virus laddened e-
mail looking like it comes from Micro-soft Corp but I know
someone has set these up to look like that. Anyway
it "blocks" by e-mail from coming in and I have to call my
server and ask to have them removed. Is there anything
else I can do?

Unfortunately there isn't. These spammed virus laden messages have been
swamping the net - MIcrosoft had to take its news servers out of use to
rebuild and add a degree of protection against it.. So did the people
who run our mvps.org mail - that server was getting 20 a *second*. And
some MVPs have been having hundreds a day to overload their mail boxes
too.