XPost: comp.os.ms-windows.win95.misc, alt.windows95   
      
   Witchsmeller Jason wrote:   
   >   
   > Hi,   
   >   
   > A friend has asked me to look at his flakey Win 95 box, which I strongly   
   > suspect is riddle with spyware & possibly viruses (viri). I installed a   
   > copy of Lavasoft's Ad-aware on his machine but when I ran it Windows   
   > complained about WS2_32.DLL being missing. I downloaded a zipped version of   
   > this from the net but when I extracted it (with winzip) I could only find a   
   > html doc in the chosen directory, no DLL? Frustrated I gave up & downloaded   
   > the file on my XP box, extracted it and eventually copied it to his system   
   > folder. After running Ad-aware again his box then complained about missing   
   > WS2_HELP.DLL (or something very similar, I can't find the piece of paper I   
   > wrote it down on). I think a virus &/or spyware has altered his machine   
   > which is causing many problems.   
   >   
   > Does anyone know a way to fix this PC, as I can't seem to extract zipped   
   > DLLs on his box I can't keep driving to his house to find out which DLL it   
   > needs next only to have to go home, download it on my PC & return - there   
   > could be 20+ files missing!   
   >   
   > I don't mind if someone has come accorss this problem before & supplies a   
   > list of possible DLLs that are missing, I can download them all and take   
   > them round on a disc. Alternatively maybe there is an app that I can   
   > download that can scan which files are missing? He does have the original   
   > Win 95 disc if that helps, any advice greatly appreciated. I've also tried   
   > Spybot & I get the same results.   
   >   
   > Thanks, Jason.   
      
   If that PC is riddled w/ viruses (not virii), results of any   
   anti-malware scans cannot be trusted (several malwares protect   
   themselves "take down" A-V, etc. programs).   
      
   You should start by scanning it with booting to DOS and scanning   
   it w/ something like F-Prot for DOS.   
      
   J   
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