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| Thread ID: 45270 | 2004-05-16 11:56:00 | AVG is great, how do I remove it... | organicpete (2411) | Press F1 |
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| 236984 | 2004-05-16 11:56:00 | Yep despite being a great free virus checker... AVG seems to slowly compost... Started getting this message on startup .... "The windows registry or system ini refers to this device file but the device file no longer exists...blah blah " the files are vnetsup.vxd AVGCore.vxd AVGFsh.vxd Vdir.vxd dfs.vxd So I uninstall the thing but the nag screen continues... wont reinstall either... Just want shot of it ... Is a regedit required? thanks for any help :) Pete |
organicpete (2411) | ||
| 236985 | 2004-05-16 13:06:00 | I would say that you had a virus because the two that show up on mine for AVG are avgcc32.exe & avgserv.exe | mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 236986 | 2004-05-16 13:10:00 | >Is a regedit required? No probably just win.ini or sytem.ini |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 236987 | 2004-05-16 22:07:00 | I think that you could possibly have had a run-in with a trojan of some sort that could have sneaked past AVG and could very well still be on your computer . The vnetsup . vxd, Vdir . vxd and dfs . vxd are to do with your network settings . If you are running Windows 98 follow the instructions on this page ( . stanford . edu/group/itss-crc/pubs/dialup/vnetsup . html" target="_blank">www . stanford . edu) and this page ( . winbookcorp . com/_technote/WBTA12000481 . htm" target="_blank">www . winbookcorp . com) as there are slight differences and it would pay to ensure that each step is followed . After you have fixed that empty your temporary internet files, history, etc and download and run a trojan detector . The Cleaner (cleaner4 . exe) is my choice . Make sure you let it update itself before scanning . The next step is to uninstall AVG either through the Start Menu>AVG>Uninstall or through Add/Remove Programs, download the latest version, update it and scan your hard drive . If you happen to be running Win XP I would advise you to disable System Restore prior to running the trojan cleaner then re-enable it after your system is clean . |
Susan B (19) | ||
| 236988 | 2004-05-18 13:29:00 | Thanks Guys, Tried the Cleaner..no Trojan... Will try another virus checker cheers |
organicpete (2411) | ||
| 236989 | 2004-05-19 02:52:00 | Try an online virus checker - Trend Housecall (http://housecall.trendmicro.com/) is a free one. | Susan B (19) | ||
| 236990 | 2005-04-26 19:24:00 | I just did a routine clean reinstall of Win98 on an associated latop . It was running perfectly until he took it home and installed a config utility for his USB wireless NIC . He stopped the install when it asked for his OS disk, which was left here, and then rebooted the machine to errors such as "The windows registry or system ini refers to this device file but the device file no longer exists . . . " Files mentioed are the same as listed here: vnetsetup, vredir, dfs . There was no virus on this machine, it has not seen the internet since reinstallation . Everywhere I look on the net folks say reinstall . I dont see that being necessary . Any help would be appreciated . |
hcetrepus (5646) | ||
| 236991 | 2005-04-26 19:52:00 | try the fix from this mskb Err Msg: Cannot Find a Device File That May Be Needed to Run... support.microsoft.com hth |
johnboy (217) | ||
| 236992 | 2005-04-26 20:25:00 | ReF cleaner4.exe SEE this site before using it www.auditmypc.com It appears cleaner4 could be a virus carrier. Several such warnings available to this effect |
kjaada (253) | ||
| 236993 | 2005-04-26 21:30:00 | try the fix from this mskb Err Msg: Cannot Find a Device File That May Be Needed to Run... support.microsoft.com hth I think this will be a winner. As soon as I get a hold of the laptop again, I'll give it a go and let you know. Thanks. |
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