system32 popup

[JnK]

why does system32 pop up on my screen, never did b4, why now? anyone have any info on this. i ran mcafee and no virus' found, so basically........***!

anyone can help?

thanx JNK

[ROMMELL2004]

that just happened to system32/bridge.dll and the problem was that when i did a virus scan it thought this was a problem so all i did was go to where it saves a backup copy(i dont know where it is in mcafee) but yea just replaced that file and it stoped

[ghost2003]

How exactly does it popup? System32 is a folder so are you saying the folder opens in windows explorer? What version of windows are you running? Does it randomly popup or does something trigger it? Is McAfee up to date? How long did it do this, maybe you could system restore to before it did that.

[JnK]

it pops up at every start up, im running XP, its just the system32 folder, it just pops up from no where, im pretty confused by it, i searched online and some people have the same problem, but the solutions they received, screwed up their comps more...............i just need something i can do, thats garrenteed to stop it.................thanx for the reply

[Metaphorically]

Wierd. I'd do this: Run msinfo32, on the left, pick "Software Environment" then "Startup Programs" under that. On the right hand side now you should see all the programs that run at Windows startup, along with the command that starts them and the location of the command. Look at the commands. There might be a few that refer to system32, and one of these will cause the folder to pop up. Once you think you have the right one, you can double-check by going to Start, Run, then typing in that command line. If it makes the same popup problem that you have at startup, then you've got it.

The next step is to get rid of it. Look at the location mentioned earlier. It could be "Startup" for the startup folder, or a reg key (or something else?). That will tell you where to look to get rid of the command.

Good luck, and if this does it for you, please do come back and let us know what it was.

[glc]

I'd crosscheck McAfee with an online virus scan - http://housecall.trendmicro.com - and also do spyware scans with Spybot Search & Destroy and Ad-Aware.