shdoc.lc.dll

[Peter]

Frustrated about popups loading everytime I opened my
browser. I decided I had to fix the problem to save from
throwing my computer out my third story window. When I
open Internet Explorer, more often then not, a second
window opens and displays a popup. (usually from some
random pornography site) The next time it opened the
page failed to load so I right clicked on the error html
to see the URL properties and to my surprise the source
of the popups were coming from file:\\c:\Windows\System32
specificaly a file named shdoclc.dll. Upon further
investigation I learned that the origional filename for
this fiel was shdocvw.dll and it also is in my System32
dir, but is saved as SHDOCVW.dll. This is where my
expertise ends. I do not know enough about these files to
fix the problem. If anyone can enlighten my situation
and avoid the murder of, an otherwise, "well oiled"
machine, please email me.

Peter([email protected])

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Peter,

The popups are using (or rather a-busing) the system files. You need to do
some cleanup:

1) Install and run Adaware from www.lavasoft.de

2) Install and run Spyware Blaster from
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html

3) Dump all TIF's and selectively delete unwanted cookies

4) Turn on the native firewall or install a third-party one

http://www.kerio.com/kpf_home.html
http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/home.jsp
http://www.tinysoftware.com/home/tiny2?la=EN

5) Also check these links for helpful advice on removing garbage:
http://aumha.org/a/noads.htm
http://aumha.org/win5/a/parasite.htm
http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/Darnit.htm

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone