cannot find dll error on startup

There is an error on startup that says a dll cannot be found. I googled the name of it and it I get no results. The name of it is xbkgphgc.dll. In case you think it might be related, there has been a lot of malware removal on this computer recently. Any ideas?

 

The error you're getting about the .dll not being found is a GOOD thing! You did some malware removal, and the file xbkgphgc.dll was malware. Many viruses/trojans these days are random strings of 8 letters. That's why Googling it comes up empty. Click Start > Run and type msconfig and press Enter. Click the Startup tab and look for a reference to xbkgphgc.dll and uncheck the box next to it. When you restart, the error should be gone.

 

Thanks for the fast replys.

I have completed part of the READ & RUN ME FIRST process, but I did not do it exactly as the instructions said to, and the major problem that was caused by malware was solved, so I did not post any logs. I would like to post logs for review, but I need to know what I should do considering I am not starting from scratch with the process. Since I've already done part of it, and not exactly as the instructions say, I'd like to know if I need to take any steps backwards in order to redo them exactly as the instructions say.

The things I did NOT do exactly as the instructions said.

When running CCleaner, I ran it with ALL default option including options in other tabs. I did not deselect anything under any other tabs, which the instructions seem to say to do.

Also, when I was installing Spybot, I did NOT install SDhelper.

The major malware symptom(could not view webpages in IE) was fixed after running ComboFix. I went ahead and ran Spybot but did nothing after that.

So, considering I have done everything up to Spybot and didn't do it exactly as the instructions said, what do you advise I do? Uninstall everything and start over, or just pick up where I left off?