Mfc71.dll not registering!? "DLLRegisterServer entry point not found"

[frivolousme]

I'm certain this is a virus of some sort but I've scanned the hell out of my computer and COMODO can't locate it.

What's happening is two things:

1. I get a little error message if I right-click a file in explorer (I think this is a shell32.dll error) and then finally the menu is available to me

2. Worse, I now cannot get my flatbed scanner utility to open, and without bogging down the thread with how I ascertained that this was an mfc71.dll error, suffice to say I got to the point where I ran a RegSvr32 from the command line and got the following very serious error:

"mfc71.dll was loaded, but the DllRegisterServer entry point was not found. This file can not be registered."

I badly need my scanner!! Do I have to reinstall XP Media Center? What should I do? Thanks.

fm

 

[Saga Lout]

"mfc71.dll was loaded, but the DllRegisterServer entry point was not found. This file can not be registered."

Try entering this into the Open box - copy and paste it in if you like:- mfc71.dll -rereg and the hit Enter.