I was on a website and the computer crashed and re-booted.  At re-boot
it allowed me to get into my account but gave this error message: 
"Run A DLL As an APP has encountered a problem and must close".  I
also got "Unable to find MFC70.DLL Reinstall may fix problem".  At the
top of that box it said unable to find fash.exe.  Any idea what to do?

Hello thelonemonk-ga,

Thanks for asking this question in GA.

It appears that your computer has been infected by a spyware which is
causing this error. But, nothing to worry about. It can be fixed
easily with some anti-spyware programs.

What is spyware?
http://www.spychecker.com/spyware.html

Just run the following programs to get rid of the error. After
downloading these programs, make sure that you update them before
scanning it on your system.

Spybot - Search & Destroy
http://spybot.safer-networking.de/
Download link-
http://download.com.com/3000-2144-10122137.html?part=104443&subj=dlpage&tag=button

Ad-Aware
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/
You can download this software from here-
http://download.com.com/3000-2144-10045910.html?part=69274&subj=dlpage&tag=button

CWShredder
http://www.spywareinfo.com/downloads.php?cat=sp#det
Download it from-
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/cwshredder.zip

Hijack This
http://www.spychecker.com/program/hijackthis.html

Online Virus scan-
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/housecall/start_corp.asp

If you are still getting the DLL error, then you may want to read this 
http://computercops.biz/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=153618


Similar issue is discussed here-
http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=si_newusers&message.id=9412

You may also want to see similar questions regarding spywares on Google Answers -
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=337112

http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=336933


Search terms used ?
fash.exe
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&q=fash.exe

http://groups.google.com/groups?q=fash.exe&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wg


Let me know if this fixed this error. In case of any questions, feel
free to request for clarification.

Thanks
netcrazy

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Request for Answer Clarification by thelonemonk-ga on 26 May 2004 04:19 PDT

Um, your answer might be correct, although I don't think it is Spyware
as I run SPychecker regularly.  The biggest problem is that I cannot
get past logging on.  Once I log on the error message comes up and
shuts down the computer.  There is no time to try to even get on-line
let alone try to download or run any programs.  I should have
mentioned that in my question.  Therefore, I need to figure out how to
get the computer to allow me to get logged in so I can run some
programs to clean up this mess.

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Clarification of Answer by netcrazy-ga on 26 May 2004 10:48 PDT

Did you try rebooting your computer in Safe Mode? If not, then reboot
it in safe mode and then delete this file
C:\WINDOWS\fash.exe

You can invoke Safe Mode by pressing F5 or by pressing F8 and
selecting it from the boot menu.

In Safe mode, run all the programs that I've mentioned and let me know
if the problem still exists.

Good Luck.

netcrazy

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Request for Answer Clarification by thelonemonk-ga on 27 May 2004 11:22 PDT

Thanks for your help.  I can't tell you if your solutions would have
worked because my wife took the computer into the shop to have it
repaired.  I wish she would have waited a day.  If I could have gotten
started in safe mode (which never crossed my mind) I am sure your
solutions would have worked.

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Clarification of Answer by netcrazy-ga on 27 May 2004 11:42 PDT

Thanks thelonemonk-ga for letting me know this. I hope your computer
system is going to work after getting repaired. And Thanks for the
nice rating.

netcrazy-ga

Quick answer and seemed quite thorough.  I wish I had gotten the
chance to try the solution...