Windows XP Strange rundll error message

[grajay]

When XP loads I get this error message saying that the file windows\system32\ksarjpyp.dll could not be found. I have checked and this is correct - there's no trace of the dll at all.

I have found a single entry in the registry at:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run:

the key value is a4edb64b and the value is rundll32.exe "C:\WINDOWS\system32\ksarjpyp.dll",b which would appear to be the cause.

Could I just delete this key? Everything appears to work correctly in Windows apart from this error at start up.

Thanks

Graham

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[Ian]

I can't see much on the net about that DLL, only a single google result is found for it.

I don't see why you can't remove that entry from startup, as if it doesn't exist anyway then it shouldn't cause a problem. Make sure you backup the registry first though just in case.

It might be easiest to use something like "HiJackThis" to remove the entry for you and create a backup

 

[grajay]

Thanks for such a swift and reassuring reply Ian.

I used "HiJackThis" to remove the entry after doing a backup and the problem now seems to have gone away.

Many thanks again