Hi, Ken

Here's an entry for the WAG sweepstakes.  You didn't say what the user 
is trying to run, but take a look at the file/folder names.

"mfcmapserv" appears to be part of the Microsoft Foundation Classes, and 
as such could be part of almost any software package.

The 'Pad' and 'ARM' in the dll name mean to me that its function has to 
do with a pad/tablet application on an ARM processor, which is the one 
used in smart phones and tablets.

Now comes the guesswork: user is running an app that is attempting to be 
runnable on portable devices.  When you run it, it checks something that 
tells it you're on a regular PC and ignores HandlerPadARM.  When the 
user runs it, it can't find the identifier because the user doesn't have 
permission for it, so decides that it's running on a portable device 
rather than a PC, and tries to initialize HandlerPadARM.

Far-fetched, yes, but kind of possible.  What is the app, anyway?

Dan


On 04/06/12 08:18, Ken Dibble wrote:
> This appears to be malware of some sort.
>
> I have an XP machine, restricted user. When s/he logs in she gets a Windows
> error message indicating that an attempt by rundll.exe to start something
> called HandlerPadARM.dll has failed because the module can't be located.
>
> This dll is allegedly in ..\[User Name]\Local Settings\Application
> Data\mfcmapserv\
>
> There is no such dll in that location. In fact, ..\mfcmapserv\ does not exist.

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