Startup runtime 53 error "sex"

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Whenever I start my computer (using Win 2000 professional), I get the black box with C:\winnt\system32\cmd.exe, and a box titled 'sex' that says, Run-time error 53 file not found.

I NEVER open email attachments and I don't surf sex sites. I've downloaded Spybot and Adalarm and used them both (no luck -- at least nothing i could distinguish); went through the registry and found a line under HKEY_USERS that included a link to "*sex.*" -- deleted it .. but it still came up.

I've read various net message that indicate this might be everything from a phone dialer to spyware to whatever. But it won't go away. Please -- can anyone help? And PLEASE be specific --- if you tell me to look in the system.ini file, for instance, tell me what to look for and what to delete

many thanks
 
I would recommend that you try to perform a selective startup and see if
that solves your problem. This will disable unneeded (or malicious) programs
from opening on startup. To learn more about selective startup visit:
http://zonetechs.com/~jstech/helpsite.htm and click on 'How to do a
selective startup'

-Jon
 
Please go to one or more of the below online scanners and perform a scan of your platform
then report back your results.

Trend:
http://housecall.antivirus.com
http://housecall.trendmicro.com

McAfee:
http://www.mcafee.com/myapps/mfs/default.asp

Panda:
http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/

Symantec:
http://security.symantec.com/

Dave



| Whenever I start my computer (using Win 2000 professional), I get the black box with
C:\winnt\system32\cmd.exe, and a box titled 'sex' that says, Run-time error 53 file not
found.
|
| I NEVER open email attachments and I don't surf sex sites. I've downloaded Spybot and
Adalarm and used them both (no luck -- at least nothing i could distinguish); went through
the registry and found a line under HKEY_USERS that included a link to "*sex.*" -- deleted
it .. but it still came up.
|
| I've read various net message that indicate this might be everything from a phone dialer
to spyware to whatever. But it won't go away. Please -- can anyone help? And PLEASE be
specific --- if you tell me to look in the system.ini file, for instance, tell me what to
look for and what to delete.
|
| many thanks.
|
|
 
thanks -- only one file that seemed relevant came up ... something called "sextracker" as a temp internet file. i deleted it ... still no luck. sex box still comes up.
 
Twiga,

Did you ever get this resolved?????

Thanks
Webfellows

*Whenever I start my computer (using Win 2000 professional), I ge
the black box with C:\winnt\system32\cmd.exe, and a box titled 'sex
that says, Run-time error 53 file not found.

I NEVER open email attachments and I don't surf sex sites. I'v
downloaded Spybot and Adalarm and used them both (no luck -- at leas
nothing i could distinguish); went through the registry and found
line under HKEY_USERS that included a link to "*sex
..*" -- deleted it .. but it still came up.

I've read various net message that indicate this might be everythin
from a phone dialer to spyware to whatever. But it won't go away.
Please -- can anyone help? And PLEASE be specific --- if you tell m
to look in the system.ini file, for instance, te
ll me what to look for and what to delete.

many thanks.
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webfellow
 
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