Before doing anything too rash, can you locate the file? it may just need re-registering. The file should be in your windir\system32 directory, windir normally being c:\windows.
I've found on many occasions that the registry can be looking in one place for the file, & it's somewhere else (particularly when I've installed an updated version of symantec antivirus). The virus you contracted may well have attacked this dll, though I don't entirely understand why it would hit that one, it's a C++ 2002 dependency file. If you don't have it, I can email you it.
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In case anyone is worried, I'm a fully paid up subscriber to the microsoft developers network, and this file is a freely distributable run-time file (designated by MS (vendor) VC (Visual C) RT (Runtime). The extension signifies that it's a dynamic link library. This file would be part of a distribution package containing a .net application authored using a microsoft development package. If I were to illegally distribute any MS software, they'd come down on me quicker than I can say "HOW much did that subscription cost me?"
I've found on many occasions that the registry can be looking in one place for the file, & it's somewhere else (particularly when I've installed an updated version of symantec antivirus). The virus you contracted may well have attacked this dll, though I don't entirely understand why it would hit that one, it's a C++ 2002 dependency file. If you don't have it, I can email you it.
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addendum
In case anyone is worried, I'm a fully paid up subscriber to the microsoft developers network, and this file is a freely distributable run-time file (designated by MS (vendor) VC (Visual C) RT (Runtime). The extension signifies that it's a dynamic link library. This file would be part of a distribution package containing a .net application authored using a microsoft development package. If I were to illegally distribute any MS software, they'd come down on me quicker than I can say "HOW much did that subscription cost me?"
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