What does this message mean

[The Old Timer]

I have been having a few minor probles with the running of a program lately.
This morning I receiced the following pop up.

'Generic Host Prosess for Win 32 Services encountered a proble & needs to
close.' Error Signature szAppName : svchost.exe szAppver; 0.0.0.0. sz
ModName : unknown szMorVer:0.0.0. offset 00000000.
C;\DOCUME~1\ADMIN~lOCALS~1\TEMP\WER0)e.dir000\svhost.exe.mdmp

C;\DOCUME~1\ADMIN~lOCALS~1\TEMP\WERo)e.dir000\appcompat.txt

What does this mean & what does one do about it?

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

What program?

The error message is sort of generic in that it indicates that some system
function that the program called has failed. This may be because of a system
problem, but more likely because the program has a problem. The best source
for this may be support for the program having the problem.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[Ron Martell]

I have been having a few minor probles with the running of a program lately.
This morning I receiced the following pop up.

'Generic Host Prosess for Win 32 Services encountered a proble & needs to
close.' Error Signature szAppName : svchost.exe szAppver; 0.0.0.0. sz
ModName : unknown szMorVer:0.0.0. offset 00000000.
C;\DOCUME~1\ADMIN~lOCALS~1\TEMP\WER0)e.dir000\svhost.exe.mdmp

C;\DOCUME~1\ADMIN~lOCALS~1\TEMP\WERo)e.dir000\appcompat.txt

What does this mean & what does one do about it?

It sounds like something is being run from your TEMP folder, which is
a genuine no-no except during programs installs and updates.

I suspect that there is some sort of spyware infestation or trojan
involved. See MVP Jim Eshelman's Spyware Quick Fix protocol at
http://www.aumha.org/a/parasite.htm and follow the suggestions there.

Good luck


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

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