Windows XP SP3 Compatibility Issues

Installing Windows XP SP 3 might cause your anti-malware applications to detect the presence of Trojans and keyloggers that actually aren’t there.

As In the case of Spyware Doctor, PC tools’ popular antispyware program that detects Trojan-Spy.Pophot.WX in RunDLL32.exe even though in fact the system is uninfected. RunDLL32.exe is a system file that Windows need to run code in dynamic link library (DLL) files.

By default, Spyware Doctor prevents any files it recognizes as infected from running. If an important system file such as RunDLL32.exe is flagged incorrectly, the result can be terrible for your computer. For example, users may be blocked from opening Windows Control Panel or using System Restore, among other operations, an endless loop of scanning to remove the file, rebooting, finding the file again or even misleading users into reinstalling XP . Read the rest of this entry