Thanks John John,
for the educational reading. I have dowloaded and installed Kaspersky - it
can be installed on more than one computer and my Norton on the other
computer is due to expire shortly.
I will share how the problem was resolved - I belong to Experts-Exchange,
and an expert there had me download and run a program called "ComboFix.exe"
from "BleepingComputer". A log was created which I posted back to the forum
and she had me run a script deleting some .dll files that weren't already
taken care of by the program. ComboFix is a strong program - it created a
system restore point, backed up the reg and rebooted my computer as well as
disconnecting me from the internet. But all seems to be well at this point
so unless it blows up I can consider this thread concluded.
"John John - MVP" <
audetweld@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in message
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> See malware removal steps here:
>
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/pag ... es_Malware
>
> John
>
> John John - MVP wrote:
>> You have a virus/malware infection. Run up to date virus malware removal
>> tools.
>>
>> John
>>
>> sheana wrote:
>>> Now I keep getting pop-ups at regular intervals. Something definitely is
>>> wrong. Thanks in advance for any help.
>>>
>>> sheana
>>>
>>> "sheana" <
sheana@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>> news:
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>>>> When I booted up my Win XP computer, I got the following message:
>>>>
>>>> RUNDLL
>>>>
>>>> "Error loading c:\windows\system32\toyutabo.dll
>>>>
>>>> The specified module could not be found."
>>>>
>>>> Then a pop-up window with an advertisement for a Google business popped
>>>> up without my opening up IE. Is this a virus? If so, how can I get rid
>>>> of it? Thanks in advance,
>>>>
>>>> sheana
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>