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Microsoft => Microsoft Windows => Windows NT/2000 => Topic started by: marksv4 on May 18, 2005, 03:53:42 PM

Title: Win98 startup problems
Post by: marksv4 on May 18, 2005, 03:53:42 PM

I am new to this board so i apreciate your help and patience. My Celeron 300 Win98, Office 2000 machine is sick. Upon startup I receive the following messages at the desktop stage:

cannot find C: windows\system\esbfwa.exe
cannot find svcpack.exe
cannot find ocraware.exe


I do not have the Win98 cd that was installed on the machine. Even in safe mode I cannot view any files.
If I just pul ot the old 4.3 g Fujitsu hd and replace with another will I then be able to reload Op system and software and drivers?

Thank you all very much.

Title: Re: Win98 startup problems
Post by: merlin_2 on May 18, 2005, 04:02:45 PM

download spysweeper from webroot.com..and update virus software............majorgeeks.com.....
trojan stuff...............is  the cause......

Title: Re: Win98 startup problems
Post by: pcdoc4christ on May 18, 2005, 05:55:05 PM

Mark:

The Wiz is right.  According to the Web site of the makers of Norton Anti-virus, svcpack.exe is a Trojan Horse:

http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/trojan.digits.html

Did your anti-virus program just remove this malevolent program?



Ocraware.exe is the Optical Character Recognition software that is part of OmniPage Limited Edition:

http://www.liutilities.com/products/wintaskspro/processlibrary/ocraware/

http://www.processlibrary.com/directory/files/ocraware/

You may have tried to uninstall the program while it was running and the installation was incomplete.  



Please check your spelling for esbfwa.exe, as i was unable to locate it.

Regards,
Doc