RE: system32/bridge.dll

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From: Darren (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 03/08/04 

Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2004 15:46:05 -0800

Ok Problem solved. Im posting this so anyone else having the same problem will know what to do. I was hacked. The person responsible not only installed the spyware on my system but also decided to drop a couple of trojans there too. The bridge.dll was caught and deleted by adaware but the program was still there, causing the error at start up. adware/spyware programs will not catch everything. I was surprised to find out that even though i recently cleaned my system i was still infected with over 20 types of spyware/adware. which painstakingly took 3 hours to eventually clean manually. http://www.kephyr.com/spywarescanner/index.html?source=appvisit this link will take you where you can d/l bazooka. its a spyware scanner. it doesnt clean them, but tells you how to go through the process of doing it manually.
Even if you dont have the problems i had, this freeware will help you clean the registry of unwanted values.

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