Re: Advice needed to install a registry and dll file.

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Hi,

There are no guarantees in life, nor are there any on the internet. Do you
trust the source of those files? To look in a dll file requires disassembly,
notepad may catch a few comments but the code will be junk. How about
support for the program, have you asked them yet? You can scan until you're
blue in the face, but any virus scanner is only as good as the definition
files it uses. If they are unaware of an exploit, or there is a new type of
bug floating around, they won't always catch it (hueristic scanning is
getting better, but it's not there yet).

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"OM" <om.newsgroup@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1128832596.972643.325450@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> I'm having problems getting a program to work.
> I've found off the internet a helpfile that claims to solve my
> problems.
> The solution involves activating a registry file and placing a dll file
> in a specific directory.
>
> I've virus checked both files... and nothing.
>
> I've looked inside the registry file with notepad, all I can see is
> numbers and letters.
> I've tried opening the dll file with notepad and all I can see is junk.
> (Erm... yes you've guessed it... a newbie when it comes to these
> things...!)
>
> Can someone tell me:
>
> - Is it dangerous to install the registry file?
> - How can I make sure the dll file isn't a virus?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
> OM
>


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