Bridge.dll

[John Smiths]

Hey,
Everytime i boot WinXP, i get an error saying that it can't find c:\...\bridge.dll

It doesn't seem to have affected anything other than that it has this error every boot time. It more annoying than anything else, but also is something that scares me about windows - it makes me realise how unstable it is.

Computer info:

WinXP Pro SP1, latest updates (doing them now)
Pentium 4 3.06 GHz HT
1024mb ddr ram
60gb hdd

not sure all that info is useful, but if u need any more just ask. oh and btw it's a laptop.

thanks for the help in advance!!

[willie]

This a spyware program would suggest use ad-aware or some other spyware removal tool

[John Smiths]

Originally Posted by Web Junkie

This a spyware program would suggest use ad-aware or some other spyware removal tool

Cheers, altho i heard something about this on another forum whilst searching the web and it tried adaware etc and it didn't work....

Will try again.

[willie]

It may be in startup options to load this
goto
Start
Run
type in msconfig
then goto to startup opions
look for bridge.dll in there and just untick it

[Chris W]

this is browser hijacker, you should be able to disable it in msconfig so it doesn't load at startup, and if this is successful then remove the registry entry for it.

It will appear in msconfig (start->run-> mconfig) on the startup tab as either Bridge Rundll32.exe ...bridge.dll or Rundll rundll32.exe bridge.dll, Load.

This will only disable the process, not remove it so you might want to try hijack this to remove it as well.

hth

[paulyoung666]

it is linked to a trojan as far as i can see , there is any amount of removal tools floating about , pick one and see

[John Smiths]

ok, i have disabled it in the startup (via msconfig) but can't find any utilities to actually remove it...

[Defiant]

try adaware and spybot from www.download.com both can be updated once installed too

[John Smiths]

Originally Posted by Defiant

try adaware and spybot from www.download.com both can be updated once installed too

got adaware, spyblaster and just tried hijack this....will try spybot though.

[paulyoung666]

Originally Posted by John Smiths

got adaware, spyblaster and just tried hijack this....will try spybot though.

have you tried any of the online trojan scans


edit :- try this one

[ntl customer]

ok, i have disabled it in the startup (via msconfig) but can't find any utilities to actually remove it...

If you want to scrub the entry from your startup you will need to download this program to delete it. A useful alternative to the startup part of msconfig.