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Windows Problem????

WHEN I I START UP MY COMPUTER... THEIRS ALWAYS is an hour glass next to the arrow(sometimes flashing+not when anything is loading).

when i log off i get

the application failed to initialize because the window station is shutting down

+

WTOOLSA.EXE-DLL initialization failed. I NEED HELP CAN PLEASE SOMEBODY HELP ME.......

CRIS_650510
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Congratulations, you've got spyware! :mad:

That file is part of the WinTools spyware package. Links in the following Google search for " WTOOLSA.EXE" will give you more information and removal instructions:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&q=WTOOLSA.EXE+wintools&btnG=Search

I'm moving this to our Security forum. Read through the post there to learn even more about spyware/adware/hijack problems and how to rid yourself of them.

DMR
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