XPost: comp.os.ms-windows.win95.misc, alt.windows95   
   From: peejster01@insightbb.com   
      
   in article vtsdt8hb66fp73@corp.supernews.com, philo at philo@privacy.net   
   wrote on 12/15/03 4:37 PM:   
      
   > 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.   
   >   
   > You may want to install windows back over itself to replace the missing   
   > .dlls.   
   >   
   > Or, if you are pretty sure the machine is full of virii,   
   > maybe format and start over (as a last resort)   
      
   There is always the Macintosh.   
      
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