Tips to identify and resolve DLL Issures related to Malware

Tuesday 15th September 2009 8:43 PM

Tips To Identify And Resolve DLL Issues Related To Malware

Malware is a short form of the phrase malicious software and can be defined as a piece of software that attempts to damage, modify, monitor or steal the information stored in your computer by secretly infiltrating your system. Malware causes billions of dollars of losses to our economy every year. All kinds of computer viruses, Trojans, worms, adware and spyware are a part of the generic term malware.

One of the common modes of assault chosen by malware programs to inflict damage to your computer is by attacking important files on your system. This may prevent you from using your applications and can display frequent errors. In severe cases, malware infections may also cause frequent system crashes and prevent you from getting any work done on your system.

One of the common categories of files that fall prey to malware is DLL files or Dynamic Link Library Files. Since these files are common files which are frequently called upon by various applications, any problems with these files will disrupt the functioning of your computer.

However, there are certain simple ways that you can use to identify and fix your DLL error caused by malware infections. The following are some of the symptoms of malware infection:

1. If you suddenly start getting increased incidents of DLL file errors, there are chances that your system has been infected.
2. If you are getting a DLL file not found error despite the file being present in the system, indicates a malware infection.
3. In addition to DLL file errors, if you find that your computer has become painfully slow, or you find any unusual behavior like unknown icons, tools or pop-ups appearing on your desktop or browser, it may be a spyware or a virus.

Resolving DLL errors caused by Malware:

1. The best way to remove as well as prevent any further DLL errors is to never operate your computer without installing reliable and up-to-date anti-spyware and anti-virus tools on your computer. Installation alone does not provide adequate protection from malware. You must:

   1. Keep real-time protection always turned ON so that no malware can creep in stealthily.

   2. Always update the virus and spyware definitions to ensure protection from the latest malware.

   3. Perform a thorough scan of the system every week to eliminate any existing malware.

2. Adopt safe computing practices. Stay away from dubious websites, programs and emails. Never download anything from a source you do not trust. Many times, malware disguises itself as a DLL file and you may download it thinking that it is a genuine file. For example, you may get a message that "granny2.dll was not found" or "dimsntfy.dll not found". To fix this issue, you may download the missing DLL file from the Internet and copy it to your computer. However, the chances are usually high that the file you download is not genuine but a rogue disguised as the real file.

3. Finally, no computer is protected from malware without the support of a good quality registry cleaner tool. This is because anti-virus and anti-spyware tools while removing the malware are unable to completely repair the changes that these malware may have made in the registry entries. Registry tools use advanced algorithms to repair all registry related-errors including DLL errors inflicted by malware.

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