I've seen this before. I recall Vundo or something similar causing the problem. VIPRE PCRescue will probably get you going again. Just be sure to run the cleaning in safe mode.
Die dulci fruere! Roger Wright ___ On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 3:55 PM, John Aldrich <[email protected]>wrote: > A user brought a used laptop they had gotten that was used in an office > setting. To be on the safe side, I thought I’d install MalwareBytes and run > a scan. Unfortunately, when I tried to do that, XP (the laptop is running XP > Pro) barfed on a MalwareBytes DLL file. Any idea what could be the problem? > It’s got Avast! antivirus on it, but even disabling the “real-time” > protection, it won’t let me install MalwareBytes. L > > > > I am in the middle of downloading Vipre Rescue to be on the safe side, but > I thought I’d ask in here and see if anyone has seen this behavior before. > > > > The laptop is an IBM Thinkpad T20m originally licensed for Win98. Sometime > before I saw it, it was upgraded to XP Pro. > > > > [image: John-Aldrich][image: Tile-Tools] > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
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