My Windows 98 claims to be missing file: C:\PROGRA~1\CARBON~1\ccw32.vxd

Thu, 31 Aug 2000 09:29:21 -0400

My printer just went wild:  printed one or a few indecipherable
characters on the first line of many, many pages when I tried to print
the e-mail below. 

Please respond to the e-mail below.

Please respond to the printer problem. 

From: Free Software Foundation <gnu@gnu.org>
To: Carol Anne Burke <dandelion.vt@juno.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 04:58:40 -0400
Subject: Re: gnupg-w32-1.0.2.zip
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Carol Anne Burke wrote:

> I downloaded the above file plus a related file onto my Compaq presario

> 5600i-550 with a 6X DVD-ROM drive (40X max); an AMD-K6; and 120 MB of

RAM;

> 13.6GB hard r.  I have /windows 98 Microsoft Works.

> 

> The 2 files that I downloaded were called:  gnupg-w32-1.0.2.zip and

> gnupg-w32-1.0.2.zip.sig..sig.

> Becauise I felt unsure of the second file name, I redownloaded the file

and

> it was named gnupg-w32-1.0.2.zip.sig.  I then saved files 1 and 3 to

disk. 

> If I ever tried to open a file, it did not open.  Nor did I install

either

> program.  The next morning when I booted my computer I got the

following

> message:

> 

> Cannot find a device file that may be needed to run Windows or a

Windows

> application.

> 

> The windows registry or System.INI file refers to this device file, but

that

> device no longer exists.

> 

> If you deleted this file on purpose, try uninstalling the associated

> application using its uninstall or setup program.

> 

> If you still want to use the application associated with this device

file,

> try re-installing that application to replace the missing file.

> 

> C:\PROGRA~1\CARBON~1\ccw32.vxd.

>end of computer's message.

> Can you please help me determine whether I have a virus,

> or whether the downloaded files could cause such a problem by

themselves,

> or what else might be wrong?

> Will I be able to use your encryption program on my computer without

the

> "Windows Office" feature ,

> or will I need some other piece of hardware?

> 

> I most urgently need the first question answered immediately:  Do I

have a

> virus?

> 

> Thank you for your assistance.

> 

> Please respond to me :  Dandelion.vt@juno.com

> 

> 

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