-----Original Message-----
Every time I want to turn off my computer it says it
cannot end the rundll.32, if I want to close the program
I will lose all unsaved info
Can someone help me
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Read Carefully!
Rundll32 (1)
Rundll.exe
Rundll32.exe
(Microsoft)
Microsoft's "Run a DLL as an App". A DLL is a Dynamic
Link Library. In layman and [very] simplistic terms a
DLL is a portion of a software program which is only used
by the main program as and when specific features of the
software are used by the end user (for instance the PRINT
function in your wordprocessor). The main advantage is
that, using this technique, programmers can develop
software which does not end up gobbling up memory through
the whole program loading in one go, but which instead
only uses enough memory for the core functions of the
program, with specific features, implemented in separate
DLL files, only loaded as and when the end-user decides
to use them (ie. The Print DLL will only be loaded into
memory when the end-user clicks on PRINT). Another
advantage is that the software developers can also have
common features which they have implemented across a
range of their programs, implemented just the one time as
a shared DLL which is used by all that developer's
programs. RUNDLL and RUNDLL32 are the Microsoft Windows
programs that need to be used to load DLLs into memory so
that they can be used by specific programs or by Windows.
Recommendation :
First, note that RUNDLL.EXE only exists in Windows
95/98/ME, it does not exist in Windows 2000/XP/2003 - its
path is C:\Windows\Rundll.exe as shown on the Tasks
tab of The Ultimate Troubleshooter; anything else and
you have a virus (see below). RUNDLL and RUNDLL32 do not
normally appear in the Task List in Windows. In our
experience they tend to appear only when you are already
having problems of some sort with your PC, or a
particular DLL is either misbehaving, is buggy, or is
having problems, such as a Control Panel applet hanging
for example. If you see RUNDLL or RUNDLL32 in your
Task List persistently then you should be [slightly]
worried (see below the other entry for RUNDLL32) - make
sure you have good and up‑to‑date antivirus software,
boot into Safe Mode, and run a full virus scan on your
PC. If you do not have a virus and see either in your
Task List, simply leave it alone. We are not sure as to
the other times when the real RUNDLL or RUNDLL32 can
sometimes suddenly appear in the Task List, but you
should leave them alone in most cases provided, again,
that you know you do not have a virus.
Rundll (2)
Rundll.exe
(???)
If you have Windows 2000/XP/2003 and this is running,
then you most definitely have a virus. If you have
Windows 95/98/ME and the full path to the program, as
shown on the Tasks tab of The Ultimate Troubleshooter,
is not C:\WINDOWS\RUNDLL.exe , then you also have a
virus such as the PWSteal.Banpaes.D virus.
Rundll32 (2)
Rundll32.exe
(???)
You have one of the W32.Miroot.Worm /
W32/Legemer.Worm / W32.HLLW.Sanker viruses (or another
virus).
