Re: Run DLL error message on restart

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From: Phil (I.fix.probs_at_for.you)
Date: 06/14/04 

Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2004 14:12:21 -0400

You didn't clean it completely:
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/adware.winfavorites.html

You've got spyware, adware, a trojan, a search engine hijacker, or a home
page hijacker.

Run these tools weekly
Spybot -- http://www.safer-networking.org/
Ad-aware -- http://www.lavasoftusa.com/

CWShredder: http://209.133.47.200/~merijn/files/CWShredder.exe

greenes@harvard.edu wrote:
> In trying to get rid of some spyware, I found that one
> file that seemed to be causing problems was in the
> Windows/system32 folder, entitled Bridge.dll. I deleted
> it, since it is not present on other versions of XP. I
> ran Norton Win Doctor on the registry, etc. I did a text
> content search for all instances of references
> to "bridge" (including "bridge.dll") in files on the C
> drive, including hidden and system files) and deleted
> suspicious ones.
>
> However, whenever I restart XP I continue to get an error
> message from a program called RunDLL saying "Failed to
> load system file "bridge.dll". I can cancel this and no
> other symptoms appear.
>
> Does anyone know how to get rid of this error message?
> Thanks for any help.

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