rundll32.exe

[GHM]

Does anyone know anything about the rundll32.exe
file. It must be corrupted or a virus on my PC. I am
running XP home addition and for about four months
something has been inhibiting certain downloads. In
addition, "every time" I log off I get that as a type of
error message asking if I want to end rundll32.exe
now. If I let it go the whole PC freezes. If I hit end
now the PC appears to close down properly. I can find
and have tries to erase it but I get a write protected
message.

Thank you

 

[Guest]

This link might help you

http://www.liutilities.com/products/wintaskspro/processlibrary/rundll32/

 

[lauriemcdonald \(removethis\)]

If you find out any info on this problem, I would
appreciate it if you could forward the info to me. thanks
Laurie

 

[Michael D. Alligood]

RUNDLL32 is the Microsoft Windows program that loads DLLs into memory so
that they can be used by specific programs or by Windows. This behavior
could be associated with a programs not responding properly or is associated
with spyware programs and viruses. Anti-virus software and firewalls do not
fully protect your system against the majority of spyware and privacy
threats. Spyware is commonly bundled with software downloads, attached to
e-mails, or transmitted through networks so it can appear to be legitimate
software, but once installed it can be nearly impossible to detect and
remove without the help of a dedicated spyware removal tool such as:

Ad-Aware 6.0 (build 6.181)
http://www.lavasoftusa.com

SpyBot 1.3
http://www.safer-networking.org/

SpyWare Blaster
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html/

HiJackThis
http://www.spychecker.com/program/hijackthis.html

Please make sure that you download the updates for each of these programs to
ensure complete detection of known spyware programs. Although nothing is
absolute in removing spyware and keeping it off, downloading and executing
the programs above can dramically decrease future infections.

Also please utilize free virus scans from the following sites:

Trend Micro
http://www.trend.com

Bit Defender
http://www.bitdefender.com

Panda
http://www.pandasoftware.com/

McAfee
http://www.vil.nai.com/vil/stinger

After Spyware / Adware is remove, you may get an error finding files on
reboot

After you use anyone of these programs (with the exception of HiJackThis)
you may receive an error of some sort after rebooting your system. This is
pretty common. Many spyware programs add themselves in the Startup location
and execute when Windows boots. If you recieve an error when rebooting after
removing spyware, do not panic. This is more than likely a startup remnant
trying to access the spyware program that is no longer on your computer.
HiJackThis is a great utility to find and remove these startup remnants.
However, there is a less technical way of removing these items:

(1) Click START to RUN and type: msconfig
(2) Select the STARTUP tab
(3) Uncheck the file that pertained to the startup error message you
received
(4) Click APPLY and OK
(5) Reboot your system

If this fails to fix the startup error message after reboot, there are still
options:

(1) Navigate to C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start
Menu\Programs\Startup
(2) Delete the icon that pertained to the startup error message you received
(3) Navigate to C:\Documents and Settings\username\Start
Menu\Programs\Startup
(4) Delete the icon that pertained to the startup error message you received
(5) Reboot your system


--
Best of luck!

Michael D. Alligood
MCSA, MCP, CCNA, A+,
Network+, i-Net+, CIW A, CIW CI


"lauriemcdonald (removethis) @adelphia.net"

 

[Jaime Rosales]

Check for a file call rundli32.exe some virus that use a upper case ( i )
to looks like an ( L ) in the name of the file.
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.lade.html

 

[Kelly]

Clean your system. Start here:
Cleaning Up XP: http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_c.htm#cleanup