Re: deleted rundll.32

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joy2bee wrote:
I deleted rundll.32.exe and apparently several other files that are useful to me by accident when trying to get rid of a "superiorads" pop up program that had attached it's self to my computer. Please help!
rundll32.exe is a protected file, and Windows File Protection should have replaced it when you attempted to delete it. The file name you typed (rundll.32.exe) is not a Windows file, and it may be a sign that you still have a trojan/virus on your system. I would suggest that you thoroughly scan your system for these problems before you do anything else.

If you are certain that you have removed all trojans/viruses, you should still have a copy of rundll32.exe on your system. It would reside in the windows\system32\dllcache folder, or in compressed form in the windows\i386 folder.
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