RUNDLL error

PcH340

I have a little problem with my RUNDLL. About every 60 seconds I get a window that says "Error loading C:/Windows/wkbkbmp.dll" I tried looking up the file name on google, but theres no results. I've gotten these errors before but it would be once when my computer starts up, and that's it. Now my computer is being flooded with them. It is rather annoying. Any help on this would be appreciated!

DrFrylock

Welcome to the wonderful world of malware (probably--DLLs with random character names in your windows directory usually are.) Run Malwarebytes anti-malware. Afterward, post a hijackthis log here and I/we will check it out if you like.

darkmayo

I am more of a DYI kinda guy, I would run regedit and search the entire registry for that specific DLL

as well start up MSconfig and see if that DLL is listed in the startup processes.

if found, disable it (if in msconfig) or delete it if in "Regedit"

if your not comfortable doing stuff like this then go with a malware/adware scanner thingy. I use to use spybot search and destroy, I think it is still around.

underdonk

If it's malware, rebuild your machine.

Seriously.

PcH340

I'm not entirely sure, but I think Malwarebyte's did it. I scanned the computer and it found a trojan in C:/Windows/wkbkbmp.dll. I restarted my computer and so far so good - no rundll errors!

DrFrylock

Of all the cases of malware I have ever encountered, I have seen only one that required a nuke from orbit. This one I removed with very powerful tools (I.e., those that delete files on bootup before the OS gets going) and I used four different rootkit scanners with no results before giving up. Still not sure where that guy was hiding. The rest, including some very pernicious cocktails, are removable. Traipsing through the registry at random is both dangerous and largely ineffective against modern malware. Spybot still exists, but IMHO Malwarebytes and Super Antispyware are the first lines of defense today.

DrFrylock

Gaaah simultaneous posting fail. Anyway congrats: now go patch all your software. This includes Windows, Office, anything that plays or reads files through your browser: Java, QuickTime, Flash, Acrobat, AIR, you name it.

ronya

DrFrylock wrote: »

Of all the cases of malware I have ever encountered, I have seen only one that required a nuke from orbit. This one I removed with very powerful tools (I.e., those that delete files on bootup before the OS gets going) and I used four different rootkit scanners with no results before giving up. Still not sure where that guy was hiding. The rest, including some very pernicious cocktails, are removable. Traipsing through the registry at random is both dangerous and largely ineffective against modern malware. Spybot still exists, but IMHO Malwarebytes and Super Antispyware are the first lines of defense today.

Well... malware has become much better at morphing and hiding and corrupting common recovery tools, and nuking has become much easier. With Vista onwards it's probably easier to wipe and restore from backup.