XPost: comp.os.ms-windows.win95.misc, alt.windows95   
   From: hjwxxx@comcast.net   
      
   me@tadyatam.invalid wrote:   
   > 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   
                               ^^^^^^^   
      
   Its plain to see that you wasted your time in high school   
   chasing girls instead of taking Latin.  Virus is Latin, and   
   of the second declension.  The plural is formed by dropping   
   the 'us' and adding 'i'.  And you don't know how happy you   
   made me feel by using this arcane knowledge for the first   
   time in (I won't bore you) so many years.  Incidently, the   
   OP posted 'viri.'   
      
   [rest snipped]   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)