Do the install in Safe Mode with networking. If it is still an issue, run a search on bleepingcomputer.com for the alternatively-named MWB file to use////
-- Matt Cross mailto:[email protected] On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 5:31 PM, Roger Wright <[email protected]> wrote: > 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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