RUNDLL startup error message

[Guest glen vw]

I'm running windows XP home edition on my notebook and receive an error

message on startup:

 

RUNDLL:

error loading C:\windows\system32\mchftpax.dll

the specified module could not be found.

 

I can click the ok button to go past, but would like to find out the reason

and try to correct it if possible. Any help/suggestions are greatly

appreciated.

 

Thank you,

Glen

[Guest Elmo]

Re: RUNDLL startup error message

 

glen vw wrote:

> I'm running windows XP home edition on my notebook and receive an error

> message on startup:

>

> RUNDLL:

> error loading C:\windows\system32\mchftpax.dll

> the specified module could not be found.

>

> I can click the ok button to go past, but would like to find out the reason

> and try to correct it if possible. Any help/suggestions are greatly

> appreciated.

>

> Thank you,

> Glen

 

A Google Groups search showed no mention of that file, other than your

post. That suggests that some malware was removed, but the reference to

the file was not removed from the registry.

 

Click Start, Run, type REGEDIT, click OK. Press the Home key, press F3,

type the name of the file into the search pane. Click "Find Next", and

when located, delete the reference to the file. Press F3 to continue

the search.

 

You can click File, Export, and save the entry to the Desktop, attach

the file to a post in this thread; someone might note whether it's safe

to delete first. If you remove it and there's a problem, double-click

the .reg file you exported to the Desktop and it'll be added to the

registry again. You can create a restore point before editing the

registry too.

 

If the file is mentioned with another file such as

"C:\Windows\Explorer.exe mchftpax.dll" you'll have to edit the entry to

remove mchftpax.dll from that line. Please free to post questions on

whatever you find.

 

--

Joe =o)

[Guest glen vw]

Re: RUNDLL startup error message

 

thank you for the response, I went into REGEDIT and did a search for

mchftpax.dll but nothing came up. Not sure what else to try. Any other

suggestions?

 

Thanks,

Glen

 

 

 

"Elmo" wrote:

> glen vw wrote:

> > I'm running windows XP home edition on my notebook and receive an error

> > message on startup:

> >

> > RUNDLL:

> > error loading C:\windows\system32\mchftpax.dll

> > the specified module could not be found.

> >

> > I can click the ok button to go past, but would like to find out the reason

> > and try to correct it if possible. Any help/suggestions are greatly

> > appreciated.

> >

> > Thank you,

> > Glen

>

> A Google Groups search showed no mention of that file, other than your

> post. That suggests that some malware was removed, but the reference to

> the file was not removed from the registry.

>

> Click Start, Run, type REGEDIT, click OK. Press the Home key, press F3,

> type the name of the file into the search pane. Click "Find Next", and

> when located, delete the reference to the file. Press F3 to continue

> the search.

>

> You can click File, Export, and save the entry to the Desktop, attach

> the file to a post in this thread; someone might note whether it's safe

> to delete first. If you remove it and there's a problem, double-click

> the .reg file you exported to the Desktop and it'll be added to the

> registry again. You can create a restore point before editing the

> registry too.

>

> If the file is mentioned with another file such as

> "C:\Windows\Explorer.exe mchftpax.dll" you'll have to edit the entry to

> remove mchftpax.dll from that line. Please free to post questions on

> whatever you find.

>

> --

> Joe =o)

>

[Guest Elmo]

Re: RUNDLL startup error message

 

glen vw wrote:

> thank you for the response, I went into REGEDIT and did a search for

> mchftpax.dll but nothing came up. Not sure what else to try. Any other

> suggestions?

>

> Thanks,

> Glen

>

>

>

> "Elmo" wrote:

>

>> glen vw wrote:

>>> I'm running windows XP home edition on my notebook and receive an error

>>> message on startup:

>>>

>>> RUNDLL:

>>> error loading C:\windows\system32\mchftpax.dll

>>> the specified module could not be found.

>>>

>>> I can click the ok button to go past, but would like to find out the reason

>>> and try to correct it if possible. Any help/suggestions are greatly

>>> appreciated.

>>>

>>> Thank you,

>>> Glen

>> A Google Groups search showed no mention of that file, other than your

>> post. That suggests that some malware was removed, but the reference to

>> the file was not removed from the registry.

>>

>> Click Start, Run, type REGEDIT, click OK. Press the Home key, press F3,

>> type the name of the file into the search pane. Click "Find Next", and

>> when located, delete the reference to the file. Press F3 to continue

>> the search.

>>

>> You can click File, Export, and save the entry to the Desktop, attach

>> the file to a post in this thread; someone might note whether it's safe

>> to delete first. If you remove it and there's a problem, double-click

>> the .reg file you exported to the Desktop and it'll be added to the

>> registry again. You can create a restore point before editing the

>> registry too.

>>

>> If the file is mentioned with another file such as

>> "C:\Windows\Explorer.exe mchftpax.dll" you'll have to edit the entry to

>> remove mchftpax.dll from that line. Please free to post questions on

>> whatever you find.

 

Click Start, Run, type MSCONFIG, click OK. Look in Startup tab,

System.INI tab, and Win.INI tab for any reference to the file.

 

--

Joe =o)