R
Rob
A friend has an XP system and has the following problem.
As soon as the system starts up he gets an error window thrown up that is
something like WS2_32.dll filename.exe cannot find entry point. filename
seems to be a random name ending in a number and is different each time the
system starts. It is found in the settings and config (?) directory and
disappears from there if the process is terminated using Ctl+Alt+Del etc.
Almost everything seems fine then except for DUN.
It may or may not be related - but the DUN connection to Freenet has also
stopped working. It dials, does not say verifying password etc but jumps
straight to the bar and appears to be connected - however no data is
transferred.
Any suggestions - i.e. is this a known virus - or is there some other
problem and this random file is actually part of the MS system.
Thanks for any helpful comments
As soon as the system starts up he gets an error window thrown up that is
something like WS2_32.dll filename.exe cannot find entry point. filename
seems to be a random name ending in a number and is different each time the
system starts. It is found in the settings and config (?) directory and
disappears from there if the process is terminated using Ctl+Alt+Del etc.
Almost everything seems fine then except for DUN.
It may or may not be related - but the DUN connection to Freenet has also
stopped working. It dials, does not say verifying password etc but jumps
straight to the bar and appears to be connected - however no data is
transferred.
Any suggestions - i.e. is this a known virus - or is there some other
problem and this random file is actually part of the MS system.
Thanks for any helpful comments