Re: clientaz.dll

From: Rick (Rick_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 09/03/05 

Date: Sat, 3 Sep 2005 09:46:04 -0700

Dear Pat,
I installed the Taskinfo as you suggested.
None of the running processes were using the 'clientax.dll'.
I also looked under 'files' on the top right and did not see it there.
And I looked under 'files' on the bottom right and did not see it there.
However I noticed that there were 9 files that had '0' File Pos. I was
wondering if I could delete those files since they had '0'. (In fact, two of
the files were both named: ADSAdClient31[1] and had the same path to
Temporary Internet Files.

Also, the Taskinfo showed me: Ram usage 89.27%
                                               File Cache 54.26%
                                               Windows & Programs 35.01%
This surprised me because I wasn't even running any programs! Would my
system even beable to run an online multiplayer game?

My OS is Windows ME and my RAM is 319MB and I have a Pentium(r)III
processor.

Thanks for your help,
Rick
 

"Patrick Dickey" wrote:

> Rick wrote:
> > The two anti-adware programs that I use are : ad-aware and spybot search and
> > destroy.
> >
> > The Norton anti-virus showed that the "clientaz.dll" was from
> > 180Solutions.SearchAssistant.
> >
> > I removed the SearchAssistant, but cannot get rid of the clientax.dll.
> >
> > "David H. Lipman" wrote:
> >
> >
> >>From: "Rick" <Rick@discussions.microsoft.com>
> >>
> >>| Every time I run Norton Anti-virus, it finds: 'clientax.dll' , and
> >>| identifies it as adware. However I am never able to get rid of it with my
> >>| two anti-adware programs.
> >>|
> >>| The path is: C \ Windows \ Downloaded files \ clientax.dll
> >>|
> >>| Is there a way to be rid of this?
> >>
> >>You can't just say "...I am never able to get rid of it with my two anti-adware programs."
> >>
> >>You need to specifically stae what those two anti-adware programs are and their respective
> >>versions if you want help.
> >>
> >>Did you even try to use the "unamed" anti-adware programs in Safe Mode ?
> >>
> >>--
> >>Dave
> >>http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
> >>http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
> As was mentioned in the earlier reply (David H. Lipman's), did you try
> removing it in safe mode? The reason I ask is this. Apparently not all
> of the 180Search Solutions program was uninstalled, and part of it is
> still running.
>
> The reason I say this is, the clientax.dll file is just a snippet of
> code that the creators realized is used in more than one of their
> programs. So, rather then write it in each program (which is
> redundant), they created a dynamic link library (could be dynamic
> library link) file which contains the snippet of code. Then, they
> simply put a one line reference to the dll in their programs. Makes for
> shorter and more efficient coding.
>
> So, what does the explaination have to do with your situation? If a
> program is currently using the dll file, when you try to uninstall
> another program that uses it, the dll file won't be removed. You can
> download a program that views the different files that each of your
> running processes uses. One example is TaskInfo
> http://www.iarsn.com/taskinfo.html and, another would be Process
> Explorer (you'll want to do a Google search for this).
>
> In TaskInfo, simply click on each process that's running in the left
> hand side, and on the right hand side, click on the Modules tab. Check
> to see if the process is using the clientax.dll file, and if so hit your
> Delete key (This will force it to terminate, so you'll get a warning
> prompt about unsaved data being lost--Click OK or Yes). When you have
> all of the processes closed that are using it (assuming they don't
> reopen themselves) you'll be able to uninstall it. In fact, you can
> probably go to the folders which contain the exe for each process and
> uninstall them also.
>
> HTH.
>
> --
> Patrick Dickey <pd1ckey43@removethis.msn.com>
> http://www.pats-computer-solutions.com
> Smile.. someone out there cares deeply for you.
>