What could this mean?

Emibub

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I just had this message show up on my computer without any prompting from me......

Files that require windows to run properly have been replaced by unrecognized versions. To maintain system stability, Windows must restore the original versions of this file. Insert your XP windows home version service pack........

What do it mean? I didn't do anything to make it happen, just came to the computer and there it was.

Just curious of anybody has had htis happen to them. I better go do a triple back up on my FrameReady.......just in case.
 
It sounds like corruption, or more than likely some kind of infection that got in.

Ad-aware and Virus scan are a good idea.

Mike
 
Windows ME had some dll files that went "whoopsee" on me several times, no known reason and the error message was very similar if not the same. I also had a similar message on Win 98 SE that had somthing to do with a conflict created by a Symantec program (either PC Anywhere or Norton Anti Virus).

In both instanes the error kept occuring until I hunted and shot the files that were being a PITA, if I recall correctly I copied them in Safe Mode (or DOS?) sucessfully but reinstalling may be a good option also. As Mike suggests, running an AV is a good plan, perhaps using the online scan (from your AV vendors website) would be best so as to make sure that you use the most up-to-date virus list.
 
Not to be alarming, but sometimes this is a symptom of a hard drive that has bad areas on one of the platters. If this is the case, the best way to handle this is to make an "image" of the drive with Norton Ghost and then low level format the drive. This process will mark any unusable areas of the drive and allow you to put the image back. This is not to be tried by the faint of heart. You need a good geek to perform this fix. I once worked as a tech in a hospital. We received a shipment of PCs from Dell that all had bad sectors. I think I did a little over 100 of these in a week. The machines never gave a moments problem after.
 
I had a similar problem about ten years ago with one of my larger clients (a law firm with 38 workstations). One by one EACH machine died with read errors. We caught a defective batch of Quantum brand hard drives, and I ate a LOT of billable time replacing those drives and reinstalling all of their apps. I wasn't a happy camper


My guess would be spyware on this one, but a quick scan should solve the mystery. When you go into AD-AWARE, make sure you click on "Check for updates". This will get the latest list of problems and fixes, which is generally updated every week.

Keep us posted.

Mike
 
Dang, I was afraid of that. My virus scan ran a couple of weeks ago and it actually came up with a virus, Bloodhound.exploit.6. It couldn't repair whatever and it said to quarantine it. I ran Adaware yesterday and nothing unusual that I could see.

How does a virus get by my Norton? If I got it through an email wouldn't Norton have flagged it? That is why I don't understand how I got the Bloodhound dealy, shouldn't Norton have found it before the scan? Don't I have to click on an attachment in an email to get a virus? So many questions.......

I can't find my XP disc either..............
 
I installed some Microsoft updates yesterday, I wonder if there was something in there?
 
Kathy,

Have you tried a system restore to a date before your last update? Won't help with a hardware problem, but might restore corrupted files to previous condition. Might be wise to wait for a comment from Mike first.

Pat :D
 
If the scans come back negative and the computer is behaving, i'd probably disregard the one time message. The system file checker can display this error for many reasons, including a botched update or a faulty driver install, etc.

Theres some info about what this does, and how you can have it manually scan with SFC at this link http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;222193

Mike
 
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