Since last week I've been seeing this error message when my computer boots up: Services.exe Bad Image The application or DLL c:\WINDOWS\system32\yawugedu.dll is not a valid Windows image. Please check this against your installation diskette. -------------------- I get several of these messages as my computer is booting up and when I check my e-mail. Does anyone know what this is? I've ran several virus scans since this started and check disk for errors.
Disable System Restore and reboot. Then run as many virus scanners on full scan. After that, reboot again. Now you can re-enable System Restore.
Do you get error messages stating different file names? I've managed to get the .dll I've needed at a particular time off the internet. If it's just this one, try that or maybe the installation CD will fix the problem. Or use System Restore to set your computer back to a point, say, two weeks ago.
Actually I've checked what yawugedu.dll is to find out it's considered unsafe http://www.incodesolutions.com/threats2/System32Rootyawugedudll.php (I always find out what files are by doing something like a Google search. I'd be tempted to simply delete it, but I'd probably think about it further, something which I'm not doing while posting this response, but at this point I can't see how it could be a useful file.
If I were you, I'd say that your best bet (If you want to be cautious) is to go to techsupportguy.com and ask on the forums there. Somebody there will definitely be able to diagnose your problem and give you a solution. You might be able to find something on this site that can help you out: http://forums.whatthetech.com/Several_aspects_windows_not_running_t98724.html Sorry I can't tell you more... :/
As my computer is booting up I get at least 10 error messages and they all have that "yawugedu.dll" in them. Like I said I've ran several virus scans(I use Trendmicro antivirus) and tried malwarebytes' scan and it didn't help. I don't think it's a virus problem.
.dll is a Dynamic Link Library file. An example would be a driver file. When a virus scanner removes or cleans a .dll file, System Restore will restore the file in it's original, infect state. Thus, undermining the virus removal operation. This is obviously a .dll file. I have seen this before. My information security instructor emphasized this problem. He would usually present real world examples. Yet another Windows bug partially explained.
http://www.oral8.cn/viruscom/viruscom_51707.html This site above talks about removing the file but it doesn't say how to find it. I used the file search but nothing came up.
