Re: Politer REPOST - RUNDLL Error - bridge.dll

From: Regina Litman (rslitman_at_infi.net)
Date: 05/11/04 

Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 18:59:26 -0400

Please scroll down to see the details of my request. A quick summary -
is it okay to delete or modify the RunDLL entry in the righthand pane
once I've navigated to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run while
in the Registry Editor?

Will Denny wrote:
> Hi
>
> That is part of some spyware - have a look here:
>
> http://www.pestpatrol.com/PestInfo/w/winfavorites_bridge.asp

Thanks for taking the time to respond to me. I noticed some of the same
instructions on this page as I found on
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/adware.winfavorites.html
- but I think I may have found something I didn't catch yesterday when I
tried to follow the Symantec responses.

Anyone who reads here, please feel free to respond to what I'm about to
request. Thanks.

I have navigated to the following key use the Registry Editor:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

In the righthand pane on the screen, there's an entry that looks like this:

There's a squarish icon on the left of this entry containing the
lowercase letters "ab". Then the line continues with "RunDLL" in the
name column, REG_SZ in the Type column, and the following in the Data
column:

rundll32.exe "C:\WINDOWS\System32\bridge.dll",Load

Please let me know (1) if it's okay to delete or modify this line, and
(2) how do I perform this delete or modification, assuming I've already
backed up a copy of the registry, gone into Registry Editor, and
navigated to this pane?

If someone else has already answered that it's okay or it's not okay to
delete or modify this line, if you can respond with either an
affirmation or a refutation of this advice, I'd appreciate it, since I
am not comfortable proceeding in this matter on the advice of just one
person.

Thanks in advance for any help you can give me on this. 

-- 
Please note my correct email address:
rslitman [at-sign] infionline [dot] net

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