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I have NT 4 Server with dial-up access to Internet. No one program installed on my server can't access to Internet (MS IE, Opera, MS Outlook) - everytime massage appears "Initialization of dynamic link library winnt\system32\htspy.dll has failed." But other network computers have access through my server to Internet. Please, help me to solve this problem.

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by timthetoolman

Hi,

I cant find any reference to htspy.dll on the net! Thats a bit of a worry because there are references to all legitimate microsoft dlls there...

The name htspy.dll screams SPYWARE to me! I'd say that something has installed itself on your machine and not been totally removed..

You could try uninstalling IE and re-installing it.

You could look for references to htspy.dll in the registry and remove them but thats very risky.

There are a couple of utilites on the following site that may help you track down what exactly is calling the dll...

http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/utilities.shtml

(remove spaces from the above URL)

Maybe that'll help you work out how to correct the problem...

Good luck.
Cheers,
Tim.

by boets

Thank you, TimTheToolMan, for your answer. I use Process Explorer and found 3 processes, which use htspy.dll : 1) services.exe; 2) Eserv.exe (application); 3) rpcss.exe. How can I delete these reffrences to htspy.dll?

by curlergirl

I cannot find any reference to htspy.dll in any Microsoft support documentation, so this DLL must belong to something on your server that is not part of the operating system or any other Microsoft software. Perhaps it is part of Opera - I'm not familiar with this software. I went to their web site but couldn't find any very detailed support info. Anyway, that's where I would start - with any 3rd party software that's installed, and particularly any software directly related to your Internet access. Hope this helps!

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