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3lixir
Lv 6
3lixir asked in Computers & InternetSecurity · 9 years ago

What are your thoughts on ComboFix?

Recently, I've been getting an error that says: "The program can't start because WININET.dll is missing from your computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem."

This error shows up whenever I start up my computer and open certain webpages. This DLL file isn't missing at all. I found a notepad file with a bunch of "%systemroot%.xml" codes, but I don't know if that's the culprit. Basically this error disabled my Flash player, anti-virus program and other programs that were installed already. I'm using Windows 7, BTW.

I just discovered ComboFix a few hours ago, but haven't ran it yet. I would like everyone's feedback on this program and see if it would reverse this error I'm getting.

Update:

I tried running CHKDSK and sfc /scannow on my command prompt, but those didn't work too well. I also downloaded Stinger from McAfee, but that didn't even detect anything either and I got rid of that program.

Update 2:

For those of you who don't like ComboFix, how would it "cripple" my system?

Update 3:

@shalabi04- I do have Norton as my anti-virus program, but as I said earlier, this error seems to have disabled it. I do have security updates to install through Windows Update, but they always end up failing to install.

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  • 9 years ago
    Favorite Answer

    Do Not use combo fix without an expert to guide you.

    there is a high chance you will wreck your system.

    combo fix does not fix dll errors.

    DO NOT download ComboFix.exe from sites other than BleepingComputer.com

    .

  • 9 years ago

    ComboFix is designed to fix totally different type of problems.Stay away from it since it's pwoerful tool and will cripple your system if you do a tiny mistake.

    I sujjest you open the Command Prompt as administrator(type CMD in start menu and right click and run as admin) then type "chkdsk" without the quotation marks ""

    This will fix some errors.If not,then do a system restore.

  • ?
    Lv 4
    9 years ago

    CHKDSK is to check your hard drive for bad sectors which can lead to more than just annoying error messages but to also hard drive failure. however this issue is due to a virus, to remove this annoying error just follow these simple steps

    1st: download 2 programs 1 called RKill which you can get from here: http://download.cnet.com/RKill/3000-8022_4-7522174...

    when you download RKill be sure to click "Save" instead of "Run" because this program doesnt require any installation and once it downloads run it. this will terminate the malware thats giving you the fake error message

    2nd: after that, download another software called Malwarebytes Anti-Malware which you can get from here: http://download.cnet.com/Malwarebytes-Anti-Malware...

    update it and to a full system scan, it'll most likely find the infection(s) thats giving you the problem and remove it.

    if you can't download these 2 softwares from your pc, get onto another system and download them from there

    also, if you dont have a anti-virus software be sure to download one and set it to update daily and schedule it to do a daily scan at a time you wont be on the computer like before you go to bed so it can scan while you sleep

    good luck

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    4 years ago

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  • 9 years ago

    ComboFix comes with a warning, you should not use it, you do not have the knowledge.

    read, it may help:

    http://pcsupport.about.com/od/findbyerrormessage/a...

  • ?
    Lv 6
    9 years ago

    combofix is a EXCELLENT tool if you know what you are doing

  • ?
    Lv 5
    9 years ago

    It is not working out for me

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