I goofed. Was looking for wup.sys. I did find mup.sys
on my computer.

http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winxp/1109669974

"GF" <personne@videotron.cam> a écrit dans le message de news:
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> Go there : http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winxp/
> It does not seem to be a virus, but not easy to fix anyhow.
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> "GF" <personne@videotron.cam> a écrit dans le message de news:
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>>I found this in a newsgroup, using Google :
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>> «Ok, this is weird. I tried booting up in safe mode, and got hung up on a
>> wup.sys file. I was writing the whole extension «down when it booted up
>> in safe mode. So... anyways, I figured if need be, I can use safe mode. I
>> deleted runwin32.exe «as well as windial32.exe from my Cownloads file.
>> Since then, I have not had any pop ups advertising spyware «software or
>> anything. Trojan Hunter has also not come up with any Trojans, Norton has
>> no virus's, and here's a log of «my most recent Hijack this Ok, this is
>> weird. I tried booting up in safe mode, and got hung up on a wup.sys
>> file. I was «writing the whole extension down when it booted up in safe
>> mode. So... anyways, I figured if need be, I can use safe «mode. I
>> deleted runwin32.exe as well as windial32.exe from my Cownloads file.
>> Since then, I have not had any pop «ups advertising spyware software or
>> anything. Trojan Hunter has also not come up with any Trojans, (...)
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>> "GF" <personne@videotron.cam> a écrit dans le message de news:
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>>>I cannot find a mup.sys file on my computer, running Windows XP.
>>> It might be a virus. Is you WinXP CD a copy or the original ?
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>>> "Toller" <Toller@Yahoo.com> a écrit dans le message de news:
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>>>> My computer (a emachine T1860, running WXP) was running "Winfixer"
>>>> repeatedly. I don't know what it is,
>>>> except I sure didn't put it there and wanted to get rid of it.
>>>> To do that I ran an antivirus program call "Stinger".
>>>> Before "Stinger" completed, my system would and rebooted, over and over
>>>> again.
>>>> In safe mode I got as far as MUP.SYS
>>>> I took it to a repair shop. They said it was full of viruses and I had
>>>> to
>>>> reload the operating system.
>>>> I did, but it still stopped at MUP.SYS.
>>>> I connected the drive to my 2nd computer and formatted the disk (it
>>>> denied
>>>> having FDISK?!)
>>>> I loaded the operating system again, and it stopped at MUP.SYS.
>>>> I put an old WIN98 disk on the computer, and it runs fine.
>>>> I connected the disk to my other computer and loaded that computer's
>>>> operating system on it. (both WXP, but different models of emachine,
>>>> and
>>>> the 2nd one is on DVD which the 1st computer does not have)
>>>> It runs my second computer just fine.
>>>> I put it on my first computer. It stops at AGPCPQ.SYS. Progress, it
>>>> is
>>>> about 3 steps later than MUP.SYS.
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>>>> It was suggested to me to run disk diagnostics on the disk. They
>>>> showed a
>>>> dozen errors.
>>>> I ran a lowlevel disk formating process. It said the disk was bad. I
>>>> tried
>>>> loading the OS again but got the same results.
>>>>
>>>> In disgust I took my W98 disk and loaded WXP on it. I got the same
>>>> results;
>>>> it hangs at MUP.SYS.
>>>> So it is not the disk.
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>>>> What the hell is it? The CD is not defective, since a disk loaded by
>>>> it
>>>> runs fine in my other computer. Memory?
>>>> The computer runs W98 fine, but I understand that is less demanding.
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>>>> I am reloading W98 at the moment, and expect that to take another half
>>>> day.
>>>> Had I known what I was in for, I would have bought a new computer; but
>>>> do I
>>>> have any other options at this point?
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