" is an invalid date

[Guest]

I keep getting " is an invalid date everytime i click on
an icon or link or anything. What to do??!!! email me the
response.

 

[John Clifford Hole]

See if any of this helps.

I saw this posted,as a reply,to a post,identical to yours,on a newsgroup.

I had this problem on my computer. It was caused by c:\windows\system32\cpr.dll. The remedy was to uninstall CPR from add/remove programs.

Another post that I've just spotted.

It looks like a variant of this trojan.

From: http://bdn.borland.com/article/0,1410,31856,00.html


"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.

John Clifford Hole [MVP] of Enfield Middlesex

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

Issue: "Not a valid date" or "Module was compiled with trial version of
Delphi"

How to troubleshoot the "Delphi Error":
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/Delphi.htm

--
Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

10 Myths about Windows XP:
http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsXP/expertzone/columns/honeycutt/03december01
..asp


I keep getting " is an invalid date everytime i click on
an icon or link or anything. What to do??!!! email me the
response.

 

[Guest]

-----Original Message-----
See if any of this helps.

I saw this posted,as a reply,to a post,identical to yours,on a newsgroup.

I had this problem on my computer. It was caused by

c:\windows\system32\cpr.dll. The remedy was to uninstall
CPR from add/remove programs.

Another post that I've just spotted.

It looks like a variant of this trojan.

From: http://bdn.borland.com/article/0,1410,31856,00.html


"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: