Re: PLEASE HELP??? Error say WININET.DLL not found...pls read,TIA!!!

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Hello All,

I came across this same problem this morning. AVG found wininet.dll to
be infected and removed it from the System32 directory. Other than
that, both pc checked out to be clean so I suspect that this was either
a false positive or there is some newer bug going around that no one
has picked up on yet.

To fix the issue I also attempted to copy wininet.dll from cd back into
the system32 directory but each time it appears that AVG picked it up
as infected again - perhaps that is why SFC didn't work. My solution
was to copy a Wininet.dll that was set as REad only to System32, and
voila, everything worked.

In the meantime I'll keep looking around for some more info on this
problem and I'll update you all if I find something.

Good Luck.

John Lykos.

Alan Edwards wrote:
Odd that SFC didn't replace it if it was missing.
Use the latest Wininet.dll you have elsewhere and put it in the system
folder.
A search for wininet.dll on my hard drive finds 13 copies.

...Alan
--
Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer
http://dts-l.org/index.html



On Wed, 09 Aug 2006 01:26:47 GMT, in
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6.browser, HAvok
<speedracer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hmmm...I figured out SFC...ran it,and it replaced a few files it said
were "new unrecognizable versions",but it didn't replace WININET...
Dave

On Wed, 09 Aug 2006 06:38:20 +1000, Alan Edwards
<edwards@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

It is a needed file.
It goes in the system folder, normally C:\Windows\System32 in XP)
Use SFC to replace it.
Start-Run and type:

sfc /scannow

More information:
Learn how to use sfc
http://www.updatexp.com/scannow-sfc.html


Description of Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 System File Checker
(Sfc.exe)
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=310747

...Alan

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