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what's wrong with my computer?

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  • 09-01-2006 4:46am
    #1
    waterfaerie
    Registered Users Posts: 513 ✭✭✭


    I was wondering if anyone could help me please!
    Every time I open Internet Explorer I get an error message saying:
    "Internet Explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience." etc.
    It asks if i want to send an error report or not, and it says:
    "To see what data this error report contains, click here"
    So if I click here it says:
    "AppName: iexplore.exe AppVer: 6.0.2900.2180 ModName: wininet.dll
    ModVer: 6.0.2900.2781 Offset: 0001b810"

    If I click on either "send" or "don't send", Internet Explorer closes, but if I just ignore it it seems to be ok, and I can browse as usual.

    The same thing happens when I try to use msn messenger
    It says:
    "Messenger has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience." etc.

    And when I click here it says:
    "AppName: msnmsgr.exe AppVer: 7.5.311.0 ModName: wininet.dll
    ModVer: 6.0.2900.2781 Offset: 0001b810"

    Same thing though, if I ignore it, then msn works ok.

    I looked up that wininet.dll and it says:
    "DLL File: wininet or wininet.dll
    DLL Name: Internet Extensions for Win32

    Description:
    wininet.dll is a module that contains Internet-related functions used by Windows applications.

    Note: wininet.dll is a process which the Troj/Zlob-AO trojan tries to disguise itself as under the true process name of %systemroot%\mscornet.exe. This program is a registered security risk and should be removed immediately."

    So I searched on my computer and the only wininet.dll file seems to be the normal windows one.

    I hope someone can help me figure out what's going on. Do I have a virus? Or is something wrong with windows or anything else?

    Any help would be greatly appreciated!!


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    #2
    wind00ze
    Closed Accounts Posts: 64 ✭✭wind00ze


    Yes its possible you may have a trojan which infected some of IE's files.
    But its also well know that IE is prity crap.
    Firefox is a better choice when it comes to browsing.
    http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/ :)


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    #3
    waterfaerie
    Registered Users Posts: 513 ✭✭✭waterfaerie


    Thanks.
    I am using firefox, but I thought I needed Internet Explorer anyway for windows updates and stuff, so I was worried about something being wrong with it. I forgot to say in my last post that my virus scan turned up no viruses. That's why it was confusing. Anyway, my computer automatically updated since and the problem seems to have gone away now.
    Thanks though!


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