Warning after boot up

[foxmore]

For a long while, after computer starts, a warning pops up saying cannot
find file C:\Program Files\MYWEBS...\...\M3Ps..DLL
There is no folder MYWEBS... on the hard drive and, of course that *.DLL.
How to get rid of this warning and stop it from popping up after every boot
up?

 

[sgopus]

I would suggest your infected with some type of malware and or virus, get a
good anti malware/virus program and do a scan.

 

[Andrew McLaren]

For a long while, after computer starts, a warning pops up saying cannot
find file C:\Program Files\MYWEBS...\...\M3Ps..DLL
There is no folder MYWEBS... on the hard drive and, of course that *.DLL.
How to get rid of this warning and stop it from popping up after every boot

Hi Ilya,

This error message indicates that you used to have the "MyWebSearch"
toolbar installed, and then removed it. Unfortunately when it was
removed, it left behind some stray crud. This is quite a common problem
with that particular product.

To stop the error message appearing, run the command "msconfig". Then go
to the Startup tab, and look for an entry called "mywebsearch". Untick
it and then click OK. The next time you reboot, the error message should
not appear.

To make sure that MyWebSearch is uninstalled:
- click on Start, Settings, Control Panel
- double click on Add/Remove Programs
- look for "My Web Search" in the list of installed programs. If it
appear, click on Change/Remove to uninstall it. You might also want to
uninstall any of the following items associated with FunWebProducts, if
they appear:

My Web Search
My Way Speedbar
Search Assistant - My Way

This will be much safer than running registry cleaners or the like.

Hope it helps,
Andrew

 

[foxmore]

Thanks to all for your suggestions. As a matter of fact, it's not my
computer, but one of my friends. He checked Ad/Remove and msconfig, but no
traces of <my web search>. So, next time I'm there, will try CCleaner or
RegSeeker.
Thanks again.

Ilya

 

[Jose]

Thanks to all for your suggestions. As a matter of fact, it's not my
computer, but one of my friends. He checked Ad/Remove and msconfig, but no
traces of <my web search>. So, next time I'm there, will try CCleaner or
RegSeeker.
Thanks again.

Ilya

For a long while, after computer starts, a warning pops up saying cannot
find file C:\Program Files\MYWEBS...\...\M3Ps..DLL
There is no folder MYWEBS... on the hard drive and, of course that *.DLL.
How to get rid of this warning and stop it from popping up after every
boot up?

The message is most likely: C:\ProgramFiles\mywebs-1bar\1bin
\mp3plugin.dll (not M3P)

I would try take the msconfig approach first.

You should find it there, so uncheck it, Apply, Close, Restart
(required). When you reboot, tell MSCONFIG not to bother you anymore
and acknowledge the message.

After you remove the bogus registry entry you will have a disabled and
unusable item in the Startup tab which you can fix next (if it bothers
you).

 

[foxmore]

Jose,
sure, I was surprised when I saw the name of the file <M3P...dll>, but that
how it was spelled in the warning... Anyway, msconfig is clear.
Thanks for your suggestion.

Ilya

Thanks to all for your suggestions. As a matter of fact, it's not my
computer, but one of my friends. He checked Ad/Remove and msconfig, but no
traces of <my web search>. So, next time I'm there, will try CCleaner or
RegSeeker.
Thanks again.

Ilya

For a long while, after computer starts, a warning pops up saying cannot
find file C:\Program Files\MYWEBS...\...\M3Ps..DLL
There is no folder MYWEBS... on the hard drive and, of course that
*.DLL.
How to get rid of this warning and stop it from popping up after every
boot up?

The message is most likely: C:\ProgramFiles\mywebs-1bar\1bin
\mp3plugin.dll (not M3P)

I would try take the msconfig approach first.

You should find it there, so uncheck it, Apply, Close, Restart
(required). When you reboot, tell MSCONFIG not to bother you anymore
and acknowledge the message.

After you remove the bogus registry entry you will have a disabled and
unusable item in the Startup tab which you can fix next (if it bothers
you).

 

[Lem]

Jose,
sure, I was surprised when I saw the name of the file <M3P...dll>, but that
how it was spelled in the warning... Anyway, msconfig is clear.
Thanks for your suggestion.

Ilya



The message is most likely: C:\ProgramFiles\mywebs-1bar\1bin
\mp3plugin.dll (not M3P)

I would try take the msconfig approach first.

You should find it there, so uncheck it, Apply, Close, Restart
(required). When you reboot, tell MSCONFIG not to bother you anymore
and acknowledge the message.

After you remove the bogus registry entry you will have a disabled and
unusable item in the Startup tab which you can fix next (if it bothers
you).

There are many startup locations that aren't reflected in Msconfig. Try
Autoruns: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902.aspx

 

[Andrew McLaren]

There are many startup locations that aren't reflected in Msconfig. Try
Autoruns: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902.aspx

Autoruns is a great tool and I use it frequently.However, the OP's
problem was clearly related to the MyWebSearch MP3 plugin, which is
located under HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run. This
location is detected by MSConfig. So no additional tools are needed.

As a general principle, I'd recommend users fix problems using the
operating system's built-in tools first; and then resort to downloading
3rd party utilities after those have been exhausted.

Autoruns could also be used to fix the problem - if the user can make
sense of the 50 million items reported under the "Everything" tab, and
not totally screw their machine by deleting the wrong entries
MSConfig is less powerful, less dangerous, and - in this case - just as
effective.

Just my 2 cents ;-)

Cheers
Andrew

 

[Lem]

Autoruns is a great tool and I use it frequently.However, the OP's
problem was clearly related to the MyWebSearch MP3 plugin, which is
located under HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run. This
location is detected by MSConfig. So no additional tools are needed.

As a general principle, I'd recommend users fix problems using the
operating system's built-in tools first; and then resort to downloading
3rd party utilities after those have been exhausted.

Autoruns could also be used to fix the problem - if the user can make
sense of the 50 million items reported under the "Everything" tab, and
not totally screw their machine by deleting the wrong entries
MSConfig is less powerful, less dangerous, and - in this case - just as
effective.

Just my 2 cents ;-)

Cheers
Andrew

In addition to showing far more startup locations than Msconfig,
Autoruns permits you to *disable* rather than delete entries. Autoruns
also has a search function to help look through the many items in
"Everything," even if its search doesn't work quite they way it should).
And Autoruns hasn't been a "3rd party" tool since 2006, when Microsoft
acquired Sysinternals.

True, if one doesn't read the Autoruns directions and just hits the
Delete key indiscriminately, things may not turn out well. But one can
do just as much (or more) damage by using built-in tools, such as regedit.

For what it's worth, the OP stated that "Anyway, msconfig is clear,"
which I understood to mean that he had looked in Msconfig and hadn't
seen an entry that corresponded to the error message -- and that was why
I suggested Autoruns.

No hard feelings.

 

[Andrew McLaren]

No hard feelings.

Ditto )

 

[foxmore]

To Lem and Andrew,

thanks for your suggestions and a lively discussion ;-).

Lem, you're right assuming that we run msconfig and found no traces of My
Web Search. And I side with you on Autoruns. I have several cleaners,
including Autoruns and RegSeeker. I used Autoruns on several occasions, but
prefer RegSeeker. In fact, I run it every several weeks, if I remember :-(
Again, thanks for the suggestions. When I have chance to visit my friend and
run RegSeeker on his machine, I'll come back and report the results here.

Ilya