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Old December 9th, 2004, 10:19 AM
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Runtime error 48 - file not found PSAPI.DLL
My son infected my computer last night. He downloaded a file from a friend, despite my strict instructions never to download anything!

The message "Runtime error 48 - file not found PSAPI.DLL" appears on the startup of Windows. When I click on OK, the computer becomes idle both in normal and safe mode.

Is there anything that I can do?
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Old December 9th, 2004, 01:50 PM
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Hi

What do you mean by idle???

Easiest way to start would be to try scanreg/restore.
You can do this from a command prompt.
It will restore your registry to a point before it became infected.

Let us know.

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Old December 9th, 2004, 02:14 PM
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Hi there,

By idle, I mean that it is completely useless - the desktop does not load at all. It just hangs before loading properly.
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Old December 9th, 2004, 02:22 PM
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hi
what anti virus do you have?
do you have adaware,spybot?
it sounds like a virus to me.
do you have a win 98 dsk?
cheers
barry
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Old December 9th, 2004, 05:05 PM
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Runtime error 48 - file not found PSAPI.DLL
Hi there,

I have run Spybot a couple of weeks ago, and have Sophos anti virus.
I'm sure I have a Win98 CDrom.
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Old December 13th, 2004, 08:18 AM
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Runtime error 48 - file not found PSAPI.DLL
Hi there,
I tried "scanreg/restore" at the C: prompt, but all I got was a bad command. Should I have done something different?
I do have a Windows98 CD if needed.
Many thanks.
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Old December 15th, 2004, 01:34 PM
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Hi

Take a look at this link http://www.helpwithwindows.com/windows98/start-145.html

It may help.

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