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From: relic on 30 Apr 2005 13:53 GFRfan wrote: > relic wrote: >> GFRfan wrote: >> >>> I usually get answers simply by reading this forum but I have found >>> nothing, anywhere, on this problem. >>> Seems I saw something about this subject a while ago. >>> A couple of days ago I started to get popups on my computer. I mean >>> overwhelming amounts of popups. Did a scan and came up with a trojan >>> (Can't remember it's name right off hand) and everytime it was >>> deleted it came back. I did a search and came up with a few entries >>> that could be trojan related. One of these was spoolsv.exe. I >>> deleted these files in safe mode and the popups stopped. Today I >>> tried to use my printer and got a message that spooler was turned >>> off. I tried to turn it on and, well, the file spoolersv I deleted >>> was the Windows\System32 file that IS supposed to be there. >>> Long story short, how can I recover or download this essential file? >>> If I do a Google, (not Googkle (mistyped) which is how I think I got >>> the trojan in the first place) search and all I can find is the >>> references to spoolsv.exe as a trojan with a couple of notes that if >>> it is in the System32 file it is ok. Duh!! This is the first time >>> I've screwed up my computer by being stupid.(Yeah. That's the >>> ticket. ;^) Thanks. >> >> >> Use a slipstreamed XP CD and do sfc /scannow >> > > > Thanks but the real problem is that I am on a factory built box that > has no windows XP cd and only has a restore cd that makes me restore > the entire computer to get a file off of it. I guess I'm screwed and > will have to do the entire restore. All programs will be lost but oh > well. That's the price I pay for not reading enough. Thanks again. I > was hoping there was a place on the internet that I could download > the file biut it seems no dice. Look in C:\WINDOWS\system32\dllcache -- If there is a Tourist Season, how come we can't shoot them?
From: GFRfan on 30 Apr 2005 15:14 relic wrote: > GFRfan wrote: > >>relic wrote: >> >>>GFRfan wrote: >>> >>> >>>>I usually get answers simply by reading this forum but I have found >>>>nothing, anywhere, on this problem. >>>>Seems I saw something about this subject a while ago. >>>>A couple of days ago I started to get popups on my computer. I mean >>>>overwhelming amounts of popups. Did a scan and came up with a trojan >>>>(Can't remember it's name right off hand) and everytime it was >>>>deleted it came back. I did a search and came up with a few entries >>>>that could be trojan related. One of these was spoolsv.exe. I >>>>deleted these files in safe mode and the popups stopped. Today I >>>>tried to use my printer and got a message that spooler was turned >>>>off. I tried to turn it on and, well, the file spoolersv I deleted >>>>was the Windows\System32 file that IS supposed to be there. >>>>Long story short, how can I recover or download this essential file? >>>>If I do a Google, (not Googkle (mistyped) which is how I think I got >>>>the trojan in the first place) search and all I can find is the >>>>references to spoolsv.exe as a trojan with a couple of notes that if >>>>it is in the System32 file it is ok. Duh!! This is the first time >>>>I've screwed up my computer by being stupid.(Yeah. That's the >>>>ticket. ;^) Thanks. >>> >>> >>>Use a slipstreamed XP CD and do sfc /scannow >>> >> >> >>Thanks but the real problem is that I am on a factory built box that >>has no windows XP cd and only has a restore cd that makes me restore >>the entire computer to get a file off of it. I guess I'm screwed and >>will have to do the entire restore. All programs will be lost but oh >>well. That's the price I pay for not reading enough. Thanks again. I >>was hoping there was a place on the internet that I could download >>the file biut it seems no dice. > > > Look in C:\WINDOWS\system32\dllcache > Whoa!! I must have really screwed up. I don't even see the C:\WINDOWS\system32\dllcache.
From: GFRfan on 30 Apr 2005 15:17
GFRfan wrote: > relic wrote: > >> GFRfan wrote: >> >>> relic wrote: >>> >>>> GFRfan wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> I usually get answers simply by reading this forum but I have found >>>>> nothing, anywhere, on this problem. >>>>> Seems I saw something about this subject a while ago. >>>>> A couple of days ago I started to get popups on my computer. I mean >>>>> overwhelming amounts of popups. Did a scan and came up with a trojan >>>>> (Can't remember it's name right off hand) and everytime it was >>>>> deleted it came back. I did a search and came up with a few entries >>>>> that could be trojan related. One of these was spoolsv.exe. I >>>>> deleted these files in safe mode and the popups stopped. Today I >>>>> tried to use my printer and got a message that spooler was turned >>>>> off. I tried to turn it on and, well, the file spoolersv I deleted >>>>> was the Windows\System32 file that IS supposed to be there. >>>>> Long story short, how can I recover or download this essential file? >>>>> If I do a Google, (not Googkle (mistyped) which is how I think I got >>>>> the trojan in the first place) search and all I can find is the >>>>> references to spoolsv.exe as a trojan with a couple of notes that if >>>>> it is in the System32 file it is ok. Duh!! This is the first time >>>>> I've screwed up my computer by being stupid.(Yeah. That's the >>>>> ticket. ;^) Thanks. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Use a slipstreamed XP CD and do sfc /scannow >>>> >>> >>> >>> Thanks but the real problem is that I am on a factory built box that >>> has no windows XP cd and only has a restore cd that makes me restore >>> the entire computer to get a file off of it. I guess I'm screwed and >>> will have to do the entire restore. All programs will be lost but oh >>> well. That's the price I pay for not reading enough. Thanks again. I >>> was hoping there was a place on the internet that I could download >>> the file biut it seems no dice. >> >> >> >> Look in C:\WINDOWS\system32\dllcache >> > Whoa!! I must have really screwed up. I don't even see the > C:\WINDOWS\system32\dllcache. The only file I find is spoolss.dll |