From: "Rich Gauszka" 


"Dave"  wrote in message
news:f9n0n0lm7h4slnupa6tka8g1gf89q6jpch{at}4ax.com...
>A couple of weeks ago, Spybot targetted and eliminated a spyware
> vector called "WildTangent."  I then discovered that there was also a
> Wild Tangent in my add/remove programs list, so I removed it there
> too.  Ever since then, every time I start Windows (XP Pro) I get a
> bong sound and a red X warning that the system couldn't find
> c:\Program
> Files\WildTangent\Apps\CDA\cdaEngine0400.dll*,cdaEngineMain.
>
> I can see this file listed in msconfic under the Startup page.  I can
> uncheck it there, but that's just a temporary fix.  How can I
> eliminate this warning once and for all?
>
> BTW, it turns out that WildTangent was installed by AIM as part of
> their online game system.  I uninstalled AIM and re-installed it
> without the game support, which I never use anyway, but that didn't
> change anything WRT the startup error.
>
> Help!

You may want to regedit and check

 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

to see if any of the following entries exist

WildTangent CDA

RUNDLL32.exe "C:\Program
Files\WildTangent\Apps\CDA\cdaEngine0400.dll",cdaEngineMain

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