Re: Task Manager - application failed

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Paul Schoe wrote:
Hi Elmo / Joe,

Thanks for your advice. Downloaded thr Avira AntiVir Rescue CD, burtn the cd
and ran teh program.

Although I like the approach: to scan for virusses without booting up
Windows so that all files can be looked into, it didn't solve my rundll32.exe
problem.

From what I read, rundll32.exe 'simply' launches dll's. It is a bit weird
that I can't find a version for XP that simply lists in a logfile which dll's
it starts. That would make problem solving so much easier.

Anyway, it looks that i am going to try a repair/reinstall, hoping that i
don't have to reinstall all my applications after that.

All the best,

Paul

"Elmo" wrote:

Paul Schoe wrote:
Sorry to bother you with this, but I am trying for around three weeks now to
solve this problem and even though i have tried several virus-scanners
(Webroot, Kaspersky, and others), I can't solve it.

Problem is that I can't use a range of programs anymore because it either
comes with a:
"The application failed to initialize properly 0xc0000005" error or with a
"rundll32.exe application error" error.

The errors always appear twice.

I have the impression that rundll.exe is trying to launch two invalid or
damaged dll's but it doesn't give me information which ones, and since the
virus-scanners can't find anything, the problem keeps appearing.

In one discussion group I found a similar report, and that user installed:
"Microsoft Life - One care", which solved the problem.

I downloaded "Microsoft Life - One care" but during the install the
"expand.exe"program which is run by "guided help" provides the same error. So
although "Microsoft Life - One care" might help, I can't install it.

Other programs that I cannot start and always give me the 2 error messages
instead of starting are:

- Task manager (alt ctrl del)
- Add or remove programs
- Regional and language options
- change time (in the taskbar)
- display properties
- Firefox (no problems with MS Internet Explorer)

I try to prevent reinstalling my OS as I had too many programs installed
since last time so I would lose a lot.

Any suggestions on how to proceed are greatly appreciated.

I think that if i could detect which dll's run32dll.exe is falling to run,
that I could replace those dll's, but I do not know how to find that out.

Thanks,

Paul
Try this download. You burn the image to a blank CD then boot the
infected machine to it; it clears out the malware without Windows
running so the malware can't get control. This is software from Avira.

http://forums.techarena.in/tips-tweaks/1157825.htm

Just download the .exe rather than the ISO.

Ah, perhaps this site can help.. I burned the Trinity Rescue CD and the
BitDefender Rescue CD and will try them out on an infected system later
today.

http://www.techmixer.com/free-bootable-antivirus-rescue-cds-download-list/

--
Joe =o)
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