IE6 Stumped

[Gord]

In tne last week IE6 pops the following error message:-
"This module was compiled with a trial version of Delphi.
The trial period has expired" with a click on OK this is
followed by:-"This program has performed an illegal
operation and will be shut down, etc......"

If I click "close" on the 2nd window it does not generally
shut IE down, but continues to repeat itself. In opening
the "details" of the 2nd window, it shows a Kernel32 prob.

I've scanned thoroughly for virus, worm, trojan presence
using Norton 2003 as well as Symantec's on-line scan.
Always negative.

No similar problems with Outlook Express, Netscape 4.79,
Netscape 7.1, or Mozilla. Also, if I take the "system
clock" BACK one year, no problem.

I've searched Microsoft and Symantec Knowledge bases using
the key words of Delphi, compiled, trial, expired,
individually and collectively without success

Any thoughts?? Txs.

 

[Invisibleman www.allexperts.com]

Problem:
My computer was working just fine until recently. All of a
sudden, whenever I try to open My Computer, Control Panel,
or Internet Explorer, I get an error, "This module was
compiled with a trial version of Delphi. The trial period
has expired." What's going on? I've never installed
anything Delphi related on this machine.

Answer:
This problem shows up because someone used a trial version
of the programming tool Delphi to write some software.
They then published that software and it ended up on your
computer. Now that this person's trial period of Delphi
has expired, so has the software on your computer.
Unfortunately, this software appears to be what is called
a "Shell Extension," which is a piece of software that
Windows loads and talks to whenever you click on a file,
open Internet Explorer, and in some other situations as
well. We have been able to determine which program is
causing this error, however we are still not quite sure
how it is finding it's way onto customers' computers.

Note: If you believe that this an application you should
not remove please use your own judgement of what you
should do.
To remove this software, open up Control Panel via the
Start Menu. Some users have reported that the error
prevents them from doing this; in this case you will need
to boot your computer into Safe Mode. To do this, reboot
the machine and press F8 as it is starting up. You will be
presented with a list of options, one of which is "Safe
Mode." Once you have the Control Panel open,
select "Add/Remove Programs." You will see a list of
applications installed on your machine. One of these
should be called "CPR." Remove this application with the
Add/Remove Programs window, and you should see these
errors go away. The users that we have spoken to have all
reported that this CPR application was not something they
intentionally installed, and have not reported any
negative side effects from the removal of it.

On rare occasions, using Add/Remove Programs is not
enough; a reference to this software is still left on the
machine and the error will persist. In this case, you need
to delete the offending software manually, and you will
need to log back into Safe Mode to do it. Once in Safe
Mode, open the Start Menu and select "Run." In the Run
dialog, enter "cmd." This will take you to a DOS window.
Navigate to the c:windowssystem32 like so:


cd \windows\system32

and then remove the file manually by typing

erase cpr.dll

Reboot into normal mode and you should see the error go
away.

 

[Guest]

Found an earlier post here of a couple of days ago by
doing a search that provided a "link" to Borland's web-
site. Removal of program CPR (?) and related CPR.DLL
appears to have solved my problem. Thanks to the 2
individuals responsible for the information posted.

BTW, this must be a new happening, as Borland's article
#31856 was only published November 26, 2003.