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Topic: Is there a virus that replaces this file? |
Janice Brooks
From:
Pleasant Gap Pa
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Posted 25 Jul 2004 12:38 pm |
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A couple weeks ago I shut my dell system down
after it claimed some windows files needed replaced.
Since I rebooted I keep getting messages to check
APP or DLL c:\windows\system 32\mswsock.dll which claims to be an invalid image.
Unfortunently my system will not accept my windows 25 charecter key for diagnostics.
Also I looked up that file and the only date on it was 2001. I got this computer in March 2002.
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Ken Lang
From:
Simi Valley, Ca
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Posted 25 Jul 2004 2:01 pm
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| I'd say it's time to contact Dell. Their support team is quite good in my experience. |
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Ron Page
From:
Penn Yan, NY USA
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Posted 26 Jul 2004 8:33 am
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If you're running Windows XP with System Restore enabled, you could try rolling back to an earlier save point-- one created before you began having this problem.
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HagFan
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Janice Brooks
From:
Pleasant Gap Pa
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Posted 26 Jul 2004 10:08 am
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| Ron that was the first thing I tried. |
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Bobby Snell
From:
Austin, Texas
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Posted 26 Jul 2004 3:40 pm
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Busgal, you might find the file you need at this site:
http://www.dll-files.com/
These type files disappear every once and a while. I've simply replaced them. |
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Eric West
From:
Portland, Oregon, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 26 Jul 2004 7:11 pm
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Ms Brooks.
Type the EXACT error message in a Google Search in quotes. Parts of it if that doesn't hit.
That's what Pro Techs and troubleshooters that I know do.
Hasn't missed for me yet.
It will usually end up on a tech board, and you might have to search the page.
I had a Netscape 4 problem that crashed it totally and found how to rewrite my JS Preferences easily enough, and as wel a total computer blue screen that only need a reinstallation of my sound card apps and drivers.
Good luck. It always pays to have two computers.
EJL |
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Tom Diemer
From:
Defiance, Ohio USA
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Posted 5 Aug 2004 3:32 pm
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Janice,
Did you remove Morton antivirus, firewall, or any other virus program? I've seen errors from that file after someone uninstalls some versions of Norton. (NAV 2002 in particular)
Tom
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