advpack.dll infected with trojan?

From: Christo (chris_at_juststuffd.co.uk)
Date: 12/23/04 

Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 22:36:24 -0000

I got this message from norton AV pro 2003 auto protect

i couldnt open norton to scan the file individually in safe mode because of
an error with definitions

i have uninstalled norton

the advpack.dll is still in the system32 directory of my root drive

I am on XP Home SP2

can anyone give me any advice, i have conflicting reports on google, one
says advpack.dll is an essential file, another says advpack.dll is spyware

what to do?

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