Rundll?

Arnabas · 02-23-2005, 02:04 AM

I have a quick question, but it may be impossible to answer right now, since I am at work as I write this and can't give every exact detail...

My wife called me to say there is a problem with the computer. Upon starting the computer, shegot a message saying a virus had been detected and automatically deleted. Ok, fine. She then tried to start a program and got a message about a "Rundll" error.

What would "rundll" be associated with?

I walked her through a system restore and it seems ok now, but I don't know if I should still be concerned about either the virus or this rundll thing.

I know that's pretty vague, but does anyone have any ideas?

andrewas · 02-23-2005, 03:02 AM

Rundll is a program that runs program code contained in a .dll file.

Anyway, if the scanner isnt finding the virus anymore, your probably safe. You might want to run trend micro hoursecall to make sure.

Hivetyrant · 02-23-2005, 05:16 AM

Yeah, make sure it is gone, Rundll viruses are really nasty, often stopping you from opening anything, I remember when Lennon had one and we couldnt even run solitaire or Explorer [img]tongue.gif[/img]

02-23-2005, 02:04 AM	#1
Arnabas Baaz Draconian Join Date: October 11, 2001 Location: Montreal,Quebec,Canada Age: 53 Posts: 721	I have a quick question, but it may be impossible to answer right now, since I am at work as I write this and can't give every exact detail... My wife called me to say there is a problem with the computer. Upon starting the computer, shegot a message saying a virus had been detected and automatically deleted. Ok, fine. She then tried to start a program and got a message about a "Rundll" error. What would "rundll" be associated with? I walked her through a system restore and it seems ok now, but I don't know if I should still be concerned about either the virus or this rundll thing. I know that's pretty vague, but does anyone have any ideas? __________________ Est Sularis oth Mithas

02-23-2005, 03:02 AM	#2
andrewas Harper Join Date: October 2, 2001 Location: Aberdeen, Scotland Age: 42 Posts: 4,774	Rundll is a program that runs program code contained in a .dll file. Anyway, if the scanner isnt finding the virus anymore, your probably safe. You might want to run trend micro hoursecall to make sure.

02-23-2005, 05:16 AM	#3
Hivetyrant Jack Burton Join Date: August 24, 2002 Location: Aussie now in the US of A! Age: 37 Posts: 5,403	Yeah, make sure it is gone, Rundll viruses are really nasty, often stopping you from opening anything, I remember when Lennon had one and we couldnt even run solitaire or Explorer [img]tongue.gif[/img]

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