Anti-virus problem

[The Munster]

Thanks for the advice Subman1 and thanks to the others. It's been a crash course on learning about dlls and the main problem seems to lie with Internet Explorer and add-on's; there was 4 files lumped in there [the main culprit being geebb.dll] and, like you state, they don't identify themselves. Another one that repeatedly rears it's ugly head is virtumonde.dll when Computer is scanned. Things are improving and will persevere and you are right about learning more on what makes a Computer tick.
Thanks everyone

Well by my knowing, if you want to keep your computer protected from viruses..just use ZoneAlarm. It's what I use, it gives good protection for me. You got to pay for it though.

http://www.zonealarm.com/store/content/home.jsp

[SUBMAN1]

Originally Posted by The Munster

Thanks for the advice Subman1 and thanks to the others. It's been a crash course on learning about dlls and the main problem seems to lie with Internet Explorer and add-on's; there was 4 files lumped in there [the main culprit being geebb.dll] and, like you state, they don't identify themselves. Another one that repeatedly rears it's ugly head is virtumonde.dll when Computer is scanned. Things are improving and will persevere and you are right about learning more on what makes a Computer tick.
Thanks everyone

I should point out - make sure you aren't deleting any system files - that could be a tragic error. I believe at least one file above may fall in that catagory.

-S

[SUBMAN1]

shlext.dll file information

The process Shell Extensions or ShlExt.dll or SonicPDFShellExt.dll belongs to the software Sonic RecordNow! or AntiVir PersonalEdition or Sonic PDF or Avira AntiVir PersonalEdition or ShlExt by Sonic Solutions (www.sonic.com) or H+BEDV Datentechnik GmbH (www.free-av.com) or Investintech.com Inc or Avira GmbH.
Description: File shlext.dll is located in a subfolder of "C:\Program Files". Known file sizes on Windows XP are 69672 bytes (76% of all occurrence), 176128 bytes, 61480 bytes, 73728 bytes, 86016 bytes, 65576 bytes, 77824 bytes.
A .dll file (Dynamic Link Library) is a special type of Windows program containing functions that other programs can call. This .dll file can be injected to all running processes and can change or manipulate their behavior. The program has no visible window. The service has no detailed description. It can change the behavior of other programs or manipulate other programs. shlext.dll is not a Windows core file. shlext.dll is able to monitor applications. Therefore the technical security rating is 63% dangerous, however also read the users reviews.

Important: Some malware camouflage themselves as shlext.dll, particularly if they are located in c:\windows or c:\windows\system32 folder. Thus check the shlext.dll process on your pc whether it is pest. We recommend Security Task Manager for verifying your computer's security. It is one of the Top Download Picks of 2005 of The Washington Post and PC World.





mfc71u.dll file information

The process MFCDLL Shared Library - Retail Version belongs to the software Microsoft® Visual Studio .NET by Microsoft Corporation (www.microsoft.com).
Description: mfc71u.dll is located in a subfolder of "C:\Program Files". The file size on Windows XP is 1047552 bytes.
A .dll file (Dynamic Link Library) is a special type of Windows program containing functions that other programs can call. This .dll file can be injected to all running processes and can change or manipulate their behavior. The program has no visible window. The program can be uninstalled in the Control Panel. The service has no detailed description. It can change the behavior of other programs or manipulate other programs. mfc71u.dll is not a Windows system file. mfc71u.dll is able to connect to Internet, record inputs. Therefore the technical security rating is 50% dangerous.

Important: Some malware camouflage themselves as mfc71u.dll, particularly if they are located in c:\windows or c:\windows\system32 folder. Thus check the mfc71u.dll process on your pc whether it is pest. We recommend Security Task Manager for verifying your computer's security. It is one of the Top Download Picks of 2005 of The Washington Post and PC World.


msvcr71.dll description

Description

msvcr71.dll is a module containing standard C library functions such as printf, memcpy, and cos. It is a part of the Microsoft C Runtime Library.

[SUBMAN1]

The short answer is - there is a high likelyhood of you screwing up your computer at this point in time. WARNING!

-S

[The Munster]

It's okay, I Googled all 3 dll files and got that information so left them be and installed a registered Kapersky 7 after creating a back-up. Everything running better; also Googled virtumonde.dll and an outfit by the name of 'Spy Hunter' informed me they were up to the job of blasting it, done a scan, didn't find it but found 3 zlob Trojans and 14 other nasty files and will remove them if I registered and paid them money.
Problem I've noticed here is it's hard to tell who the good/bad guys are in regards to Spyware i.e. I was getting a pop-up stating I could have malicious files on my Computer, click here etc. this was taking me to a web-site by the name of 'storage protector' which turns out to be a nasty site
So some of these so called Spyware companies are actually infecting instead of fixing, how evil is that ?

[Kratos]

been reading this thread ''nosy twat i am''' have you tried spybot search and destroy yet? its actually quite good... and also run a good reg cleaner ie: regvac

[The Munster]

Yes, tried Spybot and it finds virtumonde stuff all the time and doesn't nag me for $20 so a big to them ! Haven't tried the other; gonna see if Kapersky and Spybot 'get on with each other' and see what happens
Not trying anymore 'free system scans' which turn out to be 'free system scams'