Unwanted programs, missing files at startup

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Frank Shelledy

I'm trying to clean up a computer that had a lot of unwanted stuff opening
at startup. I ran msconfig and cleaned out the startup programs. Ran Control
Panel/Add and Remove Programs, cleaned that out. Now on startup I still get
these messages:

Message box headed RUNDLL
Error loading C:\Program Files\Acceleration
Software\anti-virus\sstsmon.dll
The specified module could not be found.

Message box headed WJView Error
Error: Could not find Main:
The system cannot find the file specified.

There must be a place in the system that I need to exercise to remove these
processes. Help me if you can.

Frank Shelledy
 
The RUNDLL is from the antivirus software that was partialy uninstalled,the
wjview must be MJVM,usually to chk that one types in cmd:jview Which if
text is displayed its installed,if not it isnt.For the antivirus,you might
go to
run,type:services.msc In msc,see if some part of the antivirus is
listed,if so,
double click,select disable.For MJVM,open update catalog,server 2003,web
edition,its the first listed.
 
I opened 'services.msc' and didn't find anything that looked like
Acceleration Software or other anti-virus.

I don't know how to open 'update catalog'.

I found 8 files labeled RUNDLL.EXE-(numbers) in windows/prefetch. All are
dated during the time I was deleting programs, etc. None of them contained
'stsmon' (or the same separated by spaces). Would there be a problem if I
deleted these files?

Thanks for your continuing help.
Frank
 
(e-mail address removed),
Frank Shelledy said:
I'm trying to clean up a computer that had a lot of unwanted
stuff opening at startup. I ran msconfig and cleaned out the
startup programs. Ran Control Panel/Add and Remove Programs,
cleaned that out. Now on startup I still get these messages:

Message box headed RUNDLL
Error loading C:\Program Files\Acceleration
Software\anti-virus\sstsmon.dll
The specified module could not be found.

Message box headed WJView Error
Error: Could not find Main:
The system cannot find the file specified.

There must be a place in the system that I need to exercise
to remove these processes. Help me if you can.

Frank Shelledy
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Go to this web site and download HijackThis

HijackThis 1.99.1
http://www.merijn.org/files/hijackthis.zip

Run the program and save the log. There are a number of web
sites where HijackThis logs should be posted. Here are some of
the more popular ones:

CastleCops HijackThis Forum
http://castlecops.com/f67-Hijackthis_Spyware_Viruses_Worms_Trojans_Oh_My.html

Aumha Forums - HijackThis Logs
http://forum.aumha.org/

HijackThis Logs and Analysis
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/HijackThis_Logs_and_Analysis-f22.html

HijackThis Logs and Spyware/Malware Removal
http://forums.tomcoyote.org/index.php?showforum=27

Spyware Warrior HijackThis Logs
http://spywarewarrior.com/viewforum.php?f=5

These forums are staffed by volunteers who have demonstrated
their ability to interpret these logs and provide safe and
helpful assistance. Also, the forums are moderated, adding a
degree of assurance that the advice given is valid. Please do
not post a HijackThis log on one of these newsgroups. You have
no guarantee that the advice given would not make a bad
situation worse.

I'd also suggest you do the following:

1. Make sure your antivirus software is up to date and run a
scan.

2. Download, install and run the following programs,

AdAware
http://www.spychecker.com/program/adaware.html

Spybot S & D
http://www.spychecker.com/program/spybot.html

Ewido Anti-Spyware 30 day trial version
http://www.ewido.net/en/download/

3. Visit a couple of the free online virus scanners and see
what they find:

Trend Micro Housecall:
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/

Panda Active Scan:
http://www.pandasoftware.com/products/activescan/com/activescan_principal.htm

BitDefender Online Scanner
http://www.bitdefender.com/scan8/ie.html

Kaspersky Anti-Virus: Free Online Virus Scanner
http://www.kaspersky.com/virusscanner

eTrust Antivirus Web Scanner
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx

McAfee FreeScan
http://us.mcafee.com/root/mfs/default.asp?WWW_URL=www.mcafee.com/myapps/mfs/default.asp

Symantec Security Check
http://security.symantec.com/sscv6/default.asp?productid=symhome&langid=ie&venid=sym

Good luck

Nepatsfan
 
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