[Skeddi]

I was attempting to clean up my PC to hand it over to my Son for his B-Day. I used Sys Mechanic 6. After running some applications, I now get error message: C:\PROGRAM-1\MYWEBS-1\bar\2.bin\MWSBAR.DLL On uper left top of error box is RUNDLL. Please help me with this, His B-Day is in a few day. Thank you in advance- Skeddi

[Curlyben]

Now it sounds like you need to do some maintenance.

Here's my usual C&P for cases like this:

When was the last time you did some serious maintenance on your system ?

System maintenance includes:
Defrag
FULL patching
Virus scanning
Spyware scanning
removal of rubish files

Defrag is an inbuilt function in XP.
Open My Computer > Right click C: > Tools Tab and its there.

To make sure everything is running fine run both anti virus and anti spyware apps in normal AND safe modes. (make sure that they are updated first ! ;)) (AVG is good and free AV)
(A couple of good removal tools are Spybot and Adaware)

ALso an on line virus and spyware scanner is Trend Housecall

Just a note: actively running two AV's on one machine can cause problems.
So if you are thinking about it make sure your current one is disabled first.
Same thing applies to online scanners as well.

Removal of junk files is easy with CCleaner a free app that does exactly what

If all this fails then a repair install may be in order:

Here's the official Micro$oft way of doing it,
and Here's one with screen shots.

Basically this installs windows over the top of your current setup.
So you don't loose any information you already have.

This lot should resolve your issue.

[seahwk83]

Here is a link also to check out
MWSBAR.dll - What is it, and why is it generating an error? - Ask Leo!

[biggsie]

My Web Search -- BAR -- DLL -------> Don't Really like search bars -------> usually give you the run around

MWSBAR.dll - What is it, and why is it generating an error? - Ask Leo!

[tracer357]

I was attempting to clean up my PC to hand it over to my Son for his B-Day. I used Sys Mechanic 6. After running some applications, I now get error message: C:\PROGRAM-1\MYWEBS-1\bar\2.bin\MWSBAR.DLL On uper left top of error box is RUNDLL. Please help me with this, His B-Day is in a few day. Thank you in advance- Skeddi

Mwsbar.dll is a program related to MyWebSearch and it is part of the software that includes programs such as cursor mania, smiley central, a website portal, etc. These can slow your computer down, even if they try to claim these are not adware or spyware related. If you downloaded and installed these things intentionally, you can leave them. If they arrived without your knowledge you can remove them as many of these come installed with other free software programs like greeting cards, cursor mania, etc. so you may not even realize they were installed on your computer! Mywebsearch, popular screensavers, free buddy icons, smiley central, cursor mania, etc.. . these all may install programs which are considered adware or spyware.

Be aware that many tasks will be similar names to existing tasks or processes. You can always view the running tasks on your computer by pressing ctrl-alt-del to view the windows "task manager", and then view the "processes" tab. This will show you all tasks running or currently active on your PC. Although this shows you all running tasks, it does not show dll file that's are loaded, as they get loaded as part of other processes. Many spyware writers attempt to hide their files on your computer, for example, mwsbar.dll may be intentionally misspelled to look like a similar task, or spyware may be named very similar to a Windows system task. The reason they do this is so you cannot easily recognize the name in your tasklist as I have mentioned above. Make sure always check the location of the file if you are concerned. You can always find the location of mwsbar.dll on your computer by using your Windows search options