I get the following message when I try to open Add or Remove in the Control
Panel. I've tried reinstalling Windows XP; RegCur, etc. but to no avail.
PLEASE HELP!
Windows cannot find ‘C:\WINDOWS\system32\rendell32.exe. Make sure you typed
the name correctly, and then try again. To search for a file, click the
Start button, and then click Search
You now have or have had a malicious software attack.
An optional (but recommended) first step:
Download, install, update and do a full scan with these free malware
detection programs:
Malwarebytes (MBAM):
http://malwarebytes.org/
SUPERAntiSpyware: (SAS):
http://www.superantispyware.com/
They can be uninstalled later if desired.
A "Cannot find...", "Could not run...", "Error loading... or "specific
module could not be found"
message is usually related to malware that was set to run at startup
but has been deleted.
Windows is trying to load this file but cannot locate it since the
file was mostly likely removed
during an scan for malicious software. However, an associated orphaned
registry entry remains and is
telling Windows to load the file when you boot up.
Since the file no longer exists, Windows will display an error
message. You need to remove this
registry entry so Windows stops searching for the file when it loads.
To resolve this, download and install Autoruns, search for the related
entry and then delete it.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902.aspx
Launch Autoruns.exe and wait for it to finish populating the list of
entries.
When it is done scanning, it will say Ready at the bottom.
Scroll through the list and look for a startup entry related to the
file(s) in the error message.
Right-click on the entry and choose delete.
Reboot your computer and troubleshoot remaining issues.
