Is there a virus that replaces this file?

[Janice Brooks]

A couple weeks ago I shut my dell system down
after it claimed some windows files needed replaced.
Since I rebooted I keep getting messages to check
APP or DLL c:\windows\system 32\mswsock.dll which claims to be an invalid image.

Unfortunently my system will not accept my windows 25 charecter key for diagnostics.

Also I looked up that file and the only date on it was 2001. I got this computer in March 2002.

[Ken Lang]

I'd say it's time to contact Dell. Their support team is quite good in my experience.

[Ron Page]

If you're running Windows XP with System Restore enabled, you could try rolling back to an earlier save point-- one created before you began having this problem.


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HagFan

[Janice Brooks]

Ron that was the first thing I tried.

[Bobby Snell]

Busgal, you might find the file you need at this site:
http://www.dll-files.com/

These type files disappear every once and a while. I've simply replaced them.

[Eric West]

Ms Brooks.

Type the EXACT error message in a Google Search in quotes. Parts of it if that doesn't hit.

That's what Pro Techs and troubleshooters that I know do.

Hasn't missed for me yet.

It will usually end up on a tech board, and you might have to search the page.

I had a Netscape 4 problem that crashed it totally and found how to rewrite my JS Preferences easily enough, and as wel a total computer blue screen that only need a reinstallation of my sound card apps and drivers.

Good luck. It always pays to have two computers.



EJL

[Tom Diemer]

Janice,

Did you remove Morton antivirus, firewall, or any other virus program? I've seen errors from that file after someone uninstalls some versions of Norton. (NAV 2002 in particular)

Tom