RunDll startup error?

Question

Hi, i have a Toshiba Satellite P775-S7100 laptop, windows 7 home Premium, just did a mod to my background log on screen, through regedit, it worked fine still does but now i get a Windows box that says;
RunDll

then a big; X there was a problem starting C;Users\OzZiE\AppData\Local\conduit\BackGroundContainer\BackgroundContainer.dll
The specified module could not be found.

everything seems to be fine except every time i boot the anoying message and i feel it has slowed my comp down a bit,i have tryd rebooting and CC cleaner disck cleanup / registry clean - Defraggler even got RegCurePro nothin worked.Also tryed reversing the process didnt work


The steps i took to geting this error was as followed ;wanted to change my logon screen background so i ..used run, regedit, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, SOFTWARE, MICROSOFT,WINDOWS, CURRENT VERSION, AUTHENTICATION, LOGONUI,BACKGROUND, then i clicked the file OEMBackround and set the value to 1 base= . hexadecimal
then i went to, Local C\ then windows folder ,then system32, then oobe, then info,then backgrounds, then i added the pic i wanted named it backgroundDefault.

this is the youtube vid i watched to do this maybe this will help u\ help me fig out the problem http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSVRQzhJrGE the only thing i can see that i changed was the OEMBackground value and adding the pic at the end and renaming it plz get back to me asap my comp feels like its struggling now since that error came along. =-{ thank u.

Answer 1

You did back up your registry before you modified it didn't you? Just restore it from that and you should be fine.

Answer 2

Try this : -



Conduit Removal : -



Conduit is a malware or ad-ware program which installed accidentally by you in your computer.



this will occur while you try wrong steps to remove it manually ..



follow the steps below : - http://windows-techbook.blogspot.com



OR



1.] Download a ad-ware removal tool from below given link : - http://www.filesonclick.com/adwcleaner/



2.] Download auto-runs and save it to your Desktop.



: - http://www.filesonclick.com/autoruns-for-windows-v11-70/



3.] Open the folder and double-click on autoruns.exe to launch it.and Vista/Windows 7/8 users right-click and select Run As Administrator.



4.] Once finished scanning, it will say Ready at the at the bottom and list all entries under the Everything tab.

In the top menu, click File > Find... and type the file name (backgroundcontainer.dll) related to the error message, then click Find Next.

5.] Alternatively, you can scroll through the list and look for any entry related to backgroundcontainer.dll and conduit.

If found, right-click on the entry and choose delete. Exit Autoruns and reboot your computer when done.



6.] go to control panel > Administrative Tools > Open Task Scheduler and click on Task Scheduler Library.



7.] Look for list for an entry related to BackgroundContainer. right click on it and delete it.

Answer 3

seems you have been tricked in to infecting your computer.

conduit is an adware infection.



use ADW Cleaner to remove it > http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/adwcleaner/dl/125/



or get it from the authors site > http://general-changelog-team.fr/en/tools/15-adwcleaner



to make sure you have not got other garbage left on there.

then run a full scan with SUPERAntiSpyware

Portable Scanner Technicians Edition > http://www.superantispyware.com/portablescannertech.html

and remove whatever it finds.

this does not require installing,

just delete it when you have finished using it.





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