Create a directory called the same as the exe but with .local appended to the name in the same directory as the app (eg notepad.exe.local) and put any DLLs that must be a certain version in that directory. Windows will then use this directory for the applications DLLs even if the app tries to explicitly load from the windows directory.

Ian

Thanks. That's a new one to me.

The amount of agro this could have saved over the years.

The problem is if you allow auto updates MS load Windows Genuine Advantage, WGA, onto the PC and you get regular nag screens. Not that that should stop people updating just run a program such as WGAfixer after the updates. You learn these dirty tricks when you help Jo Public with their PC's.

It was there with Windows 2000 but you had to create a file rather than a directory and then it would load the DLLs from the application directory (this still works with XP but the directory method is tidier).

Ian

> Correct me if I am wrong but this whole issued stemmed from Plusnet and flaws in their security.

It's PN's fault they allowed their webmail system to be compromised.

It's user's fault they haven't updated their own operating systems which allowed a trojan to take control. I assume this could have come from any website they visited.

seb