| Kommentare über rundll32.exe: |
 Alex | RunDLL32 is used to run DLLs as programs |
| Inuyasha | This program is part of Windows, used to run program code in DLL files as if it were an actual program. However, many viruses also use this name or similar names such as 'rundII32' (uppercase i appears the same as lowercase L in many fonts). It's also commonly used by spyware to launch its own code. Siehe auch: Link |
 N/A | Rundll32.exe loads and runs 32-bit DLLs. Rundll32.exe comes with all versions of Microsoft Windows. If you are worried if this process is legitimate, check the .dll name that follows rundll32.exe. Spyware, adware, keyloggers, trojans, etc often hide behind the rundll32.exe process. |
 Sid | Yes, its exactly 31.5Kb large.Viewed by Notepad its clearly, that the file has been modified - some "1337 artwork" is hidden in there. Also many "paddings" divided by an "XX" at the end of the file. I solved the problem, by booting in save mode, closing the process "RUNDLL32.EXE" and deleting the file.. untill now, it had no effect to windows. But IF, you can always copy the real rundll32.exe from your Win XP -CD. Since then, I had no more problems@browsing and starting programmes/games. |
| Berni | when you do not have a fire wall to stop it it opens a site and takes over your home page I do not remember wich one but it did it until I instaled zone alarm when it was in the list I did not give it access and then rest my home page and deleted the site but it still loads |
| John | There are some legitimate uses for (the real) RUNDLL.EXE for example, the nVidia driver settings control panel uses RUNDLL.EXE to load itself into the system tray. If you bring up the context menu on the nVidia system-tray icon and tell it to exit, RunDLL.exe will most likely disappear from your process list as well. Note that if you ask the tray icon to exit, the nVidia tray process will no longer load on startup. To re-enable it, you must go into DisplayProperties/Settings/Advanced/GeForceXXXX/TroubleShooting/ and then check the "Display nVidia Settings Icon in Taskbar" checkbox. |
 Alex |  Ich weiss nur, dass diese Datei auf meinem Rechner dafür sorgt, dass immer wenn ich den Internet Explorer öffne sich dieser im Task Manager unter Prozesse nicht mehr selbstständig schließt. |
| Terranwolf[.com] | It can shut down your computer, and screw it up, as well as overwork your CPU,a nd you computer may get really slow or crash. Also, It makes it so you can't print ANYTHING, or burn CD's. It also opens a trojan and may download other bad files to your computer. |
| JPac | it kept erroring, and slowing down my computer. so i got rid of it...and can't open my control panel!!! so i would definitely not recommend deleting the file...but certainly find out how to tame it! |
 SirPavlova | RunDLL32.exe is in itself harmless - it's a neccesary part of Windows. The problem comes from malware/badly coded programs/etc. These commonly use RunDLL32 to open popups, run keyloggers, etc., but it is also vital to many ligitimate processes. Don't remove it - just try to find out what's running it, then remove that. In the meantime, kill the process using Task Manager. Remember, something legit may be using it too, so use info like the "Mem Usage" & "CPU" to guess at which it is... generally though there'll only be one "rundll32.exe" process running, the bad one, if indeed any. |
| william | once deleted it has a back up file to add to the start up undeteted so that it puts a lock on the control panell but i do not worry abot it that much because i am staring to find away around it and learning to kill it because your virus protector will normally skipp over because it thinks it is microsoft certified like some of the drivers and anyway it is like a old dos command.like all viruses that i have found i play with them on my older computer.if you want to learn more about a virus get a older computer and down load it in to it and start playing with it and see what happens |
| mooter | In my case it was part of the nVidia Desktop Manager functions, nVidia uses it to launch the tweak tool in the sys tray. If you have this and you have nVidia you can probably relax. If you do not have nVidia it is likely you have a worm. |
| Jonathan | only operates on windows other and 2000, XP, and 2003. Im currently looking for more info, but i have XP and rundll32.exe is in my processes. My computer keeps restarting for no reason and sometimes does as soon as windows boots up. |
| dude | In my firewall I get RANDLL32.EXE is that the same thing as RUNDLL32.EXE It keeps on poping up on my firewall it won't stop, and I don't want to let it in, what should I do I can't get rid of the popup |
 | bei mir ist rundll.32.exe nicht mehr vorhanden. Wie bekomm ich sie wieder? |
| Festratocastro | As I have seen some people directly deleted it ! but first check when the process is ubicated. It is possible to see the rundll32 when you open the contro panel ! so do not deleted it , Win needs the process to work right. |
| Dr.Evil | its used to load 32 bit libs, it sucks, the hour glass beside my cursor keeps popping up and going away really fast, and in task manager, it opens and closes really fast making my comp really sluggish |
| Max | My Rundll32 is modifided with this padding , but it doesnt run in the taskmanger and my system doesn't run slowly. I deleted it and needed to install Windows because Nvida CP didn't work and so on.... |
| Mike Z. G. (Delinquent986) | This file, on certain systems, does pretty much everything the other people say. Rundll32.exe is a windows system file used to make .dll files run as a regular application and, if deleted, you may have minimal customizable options to your computer. Control panel, user account prefrences, and more will not run without this file, which makes it required and a perfect target for trojans, spyware, etc.. To get your computer running back to normal get an anti-virus scanner that will try to repair system files but DO NOT remove this file. A link to a good virus scanner thats free is below. Siehe auch: Link |
| Victor Motas (Finland) | There seems to be 2 versions of rundll32.exe The harmless windows origin and the dangerous trojan one.. Kill the pestile immediately The right one is in sys32 dir and the evil one elsewhere in your windows or system dirs.. |
| Daniel "Dtoolman" | I had two instances of "rundll32.exe" running in task mgr on windows XP. It turned out to be connected to nView from my display adapter install. I stoped it by:: Turning off nView Desktop Manager: Display Properties/Settings TAB/Advanced/GeForce TAB/Left Pane..Desktop Management/Right Pane..Disable/OK/Display Properties OK/....That did it for me it's not there anymore. |
| Druid Zeb JP | RunDLL32.dll is most commonly used on systems with Nvidia Graphics Card. On these systems, it is most commonly referred to as Nvidia Quick Tweak. Just make sure it is in your Windows/system32/ folder and that it is properly signed by either Microsoft or Nvidia. |
| Andy Ash. | RunDLL32 is the means by which an entry point into a DLL can be called. Such entrypoints could be good or bad, your guess is as good as mine. Asking if RunDLL32 is a virus, is like asking, "Is Windows a virus?". Many programs use RunDLL to execute detatched processes. These hang up as easily as any other software, but usually you cant see them on your desktop. If RunDLL is causing your computer to run slowly you need to find out what is causing RunDLL32 to be running. |
| Webgrrl | I suspected something fishy with the file, when shutting down windows 2000Pro it would always be hanging around in the background. It took away the ability of some of my programs to run, once I ended the process in the task manager everything worked fine. |
| Vesna | rundll32 was constantly running and slowing down everything I tried doing, avast antivirus recognized it as virus and several spyware programs recommended to delete it. My computer started working as soon as I shut rundll32 down. After I deleted it, everything works great, except I cannot run .av movie. So I guess it is true, there are two types of rundll32. |
| Kappa | I am also trying to find out how to fix the problem.Something easy to do so that it does not slow down your computer, is to give it low priority by right clicking it in the task manager window.Just until you find a way to get rid of the problem |
| Eko | I have PalTalk Messenger 7.0 and Rundll32 always messes it up. My webcam works fine (for example Logitech ImageStudio works) but then when I try to go on my cam on Paltalk, I get the mesage that Rundll32 has performed an illegal operation and then my cam never loads. |
| | it pops in startup monitor (very useful piece of shareware) and i can keep it from loading all it's applications but it still loads a browser hijacker and a couple other bugs...I can't catch it with Ad-aware or with spybot |
| dg | I have 2 of them and I know that there's only suppose to be one --- but my AVG anti virus doesn't detect anything and as far as I know it doesn't seem to be doing any malicious thing.... but I can't help but feel it is as I have 2 of them and my bro has 4! I'm sure it's not good but I don't know which is the legit one from the fake one..... |
| BeanZ | Only dangerous when corrupted, it's fine when first installed, so if you do have a problem, delete anything under the name of Rundll32.exe (and program) and then copy the same file back to where you deleted it from your XP Disk, for example. But the majority of the time it is dangerous, so if you hint corruption or worms, re-install the files! |
| Frank Witters | Each time I go to Configurations and click on any of these items (mouse, printer, network, printers, .etc) I get the following message: Cannot find the file C:\Windows\rundll32.exe (or one of it's components). Check if this pad or file name is correct and if all neccessary libraries are available. STOP. By consequence I cannot go any further to change e.g. my screen saver .. |
| Okan Yildirimlar | Diese Datei ist ein Virus !Der beim starten von Windows immer auftaucht. |
| | Ich suche rundll32.exe, weil mein rechner Dateien ohne dieses Programm nicht öffnen kann. |
| | raccourci exit windows+rundll32 |
| | Generic App |
| Cg909 | Das Programm führt nur die Funktionen von anderen Dateien wie DLLs aus, ist also meistens harmlos. Es wird unbedingt für die Systemsteuerung benötigt, kann aber auch (theroritsch) DLL-Viren ausführen |
| Steffen K. | habe diese gelöscht,nun lässt sich nichts mehr öffnen, was mache ich nun?? |
| André Ahrens | Die Datei ist ein Teil von MS Windows, und ist für das korrekte funktionieren von Teilen von Windows (z.B. Systemsteuerung) UNBEDINGT erforderlich. Das Programm kann jedoch auch von Viren missbraucht werden, oder es können Viren seinen Namen imitieren. |
| Markus | ist für windows notwendig... ich hab sie im abgesicherten modus gelöscht weil mein antivir einen trojaner angezeigt hatte... jetzt kann ich die meisten windows tools (zb für sounds ) nicht mehr öffnen und ich finde diese dateiu auch nirgendwo im net *heul* |
| havoc+ | systemfile |
| Ingo | Keinesfalls entfernen! Wichtige Datei für die Systemstabilität! |
| Xltima | Been infected, slowy killing Computer |
| SAM | messes up iranview |
| lakshminarayana | windowshostprocess(rundll32) |
| BS_Bomber | iss ne windoof datei |
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