What you have there is a nasty little piece of spyware. The above website will give you instructions on how to remove it from your box so you do not lose your internet connection.

Alternatively you can download and run:

Lavasoft's AdAware
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/

Which should remove it for you.

Please read the first article before installing and running AdAware as there may be an easier way of removing it.

Good luck!

http://www.techtv.com/screensavers/supergeek/story/0,24330,3338390,00.html

After installing it run the program and it will list programs that can be deleted from your computer. Check the one that says something like new.net and click continue. That's all there is to it. Reboot the machine and the error is gone. Even if you look in the add/remove program in Control Panel you'll notice the program is no longer mentioned there.

I hope this helps you all like it has for me.

I fixed it by disabling it at startup (run > msconfig) and removing it from the registry using the find tool and deleting all mention of the newdotnet3_23.dll (run > regedit)

and the rundll32 error I get for each apps that I start is

RUNDLL32 caused an invalid page fault in
module rundll32.exe at 0167:1000ab5e.
Registers:
EAX=01071900 CS=0167 EIP=1000ab5e EFLGS=00010246
EBX=ffd8c SS=016f ESP=0063f5dc EBP=0063f888
ECX=01070078 DS=016f ESI=001888 FS=32bf
EDX=07785ce1 ES=016f EDI=00 GS=00
Bytes at CS:EIP:
83 7c 0b 28 01 7e 54 ff 75 0c 50 e8 02 fa ff ff
Stack dump:
817400be 00 001 01020003 01040102 00100102 bff713e2 52500167 00100010 10010020 346e0030 0020 00100 00934 0044b9 0014aa

Please help I have gone through the previous fixes but they didn't help. I even tried to delete all related files to the directcd from the registry but the problem still persist.

Please note that I do not have this newdotnet installed on my system. infact I have very few programs installed in my system and almost most of the function without problem. Please help Neils because I have seen that many have been benefiting from your response.

What have you tried? And what not? The pages here a full with information about the newdotnet - thing, so read them first, and if nothing works, post your experiences in a new thread.

Good luck!

Search google, i did and found an answer on a forum on computing.net

heres the message someone posted, this should fix it :) best of luck..

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Name: Ken
Date: January 17, 2002 at 18:57:02 Pacific
Subject: newdotnet3_23.dll

Reply:
Finally! The real solution to this problem. I am copying below the response I got from the folks that created this problem. Their solution really works.
ken

We apologize for the inconvenience caused. If you are unaware of how the
New.net application was installed on your computer, we currently have
agreements with the following companies to bundle our plug-in with their
downloadable software:

BearShare
Webshots
Kazaa

Previously, we were bundled with the following software companies:

Go!Zilla
iMesh
Babylon
Cydoor
GDivx

If you did not actually visit our website, http://www.new.net and install
our plug-in, one of these companies is the most likely source of the plug-in
on your computer.
--
--

If your computer has access to the Internet, then it is recommended to
update our software first so that a proper uninstall may occur. Please
visit http://www.new.net and click on Enable your browser in the top right
corner of anyone of our pages. Please follow the prompts to install our
software. After installation, please reboot your computer. Once the
computer is back up, please check to see if you still get any error
messages. If you no longer receive any error messages then you have the
choice of keeping our software installed or uninstalling it. If you choose
to uninstall our software, then you may do so by selecting New.net
Application through Add/Remove Programs. If the error messages persist and
you are still unable to uninstall our plug-in then please follow the steps
below:

Here are directions to remove the plug-in from the registry. The procedure
below is very detailed. Please follow each step carefully. If you have a
question or are not sure about a particular step, please ask as soon as
possible. Also, if you would rather a technician walk you through this
procedure over the phone; please call us at (818) 385-2000, Monday through
Friday between 8am and 5pm Pacific Standard Time.

Create a backup Registry file in case you experience further problems:

1. Click Start
2. Click Run
3. Type in "regedit"
4. Click OK
5. Highlight "My Computer" on the left
6. Click the Registry menu at the top and select "Export Registry File"
7. Name the file "backup" and save it to your Desktop. [This is just in
case you make a mistake in the procedures below. Should you do so, locate
the "backup" file on your Desktop and double-click it. Select Yes and your
registry will be restored.]

Check for New.net Startup:

1. In the left pane of the Registry Editor, under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, click
the "+" sign next to Software
2. Click the "+" sign next to Microsoft
3. Click the "+" sign next to Windows
4. Click the "+" sign next to Current Version
5. Click on the Run folder
6. On the right, locate the line that reads "New.net Startup" and delete it

Remove "New.net Application" from Add/Remove Programs:

1. Under the same Current Version folder from above, click the "+" sign next
to Uninstall
2. Locate the "New.net" folder and delete it

Remove the New.net software folder:

1. In the left pane of the Registry Editor, under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, under
"Software"
2. Locate the "New.net" folder and delete it

Close the open folders above by clicking once on the small "-" signs next to
them.

Locate "Catalog Entries" folder:

1. Under the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE folder, click the small "+" (plus) sign next
to System
2. Click the small "+" sign next to CurrentControlSet
3. Click the small "+" sign next to Services
4. Click the small "+" sign next to WinSock2
5. Click the small "+" sign next to Parameters. You should see 2 folders,
"NameSpace_Catalog5" and "Protocol_Catalog9".
6. Click the small "+" signs next to both of them
7. Inside both folders, you should see a "Catalog_Entries" folder. Open
each of them.
8. Within each of those folders are numbered folders (i.e. 001,
002, etc.)

For the "NameSpace_Catalog5" numbered folders:
A. First, make note of how many folders there are
B. Highlight the first one
C. On the righthand side, locate the line "Library Path"
D. In that line, the rightmost column should begin with something similar
to "C:\windows" or "%SystemRoot%".
E. Locate any of the numbered folders that read
"C:\windows\newdotnet2_109.dll" (or similar) in the "Library Path" line
F. Delete only those folders referring to "newdotnet"
G. If needed, rename each numbered folder so that they are all
consecutive. For example, if there were 4 folders and you deleted folders
the first 2, you will need to rename the remaining folders "001"
and "002".
H. Do this by right-clicking the folder name, left-click Rename and then
type in the new number (be absolutely sure you don't delete any of the
zeros).
I. Next, highlight the "NameSpace_Catalog5" folder on the lefthand side.
J. On the right, locate the "Num_Catalog_Entries" line. At the end of
this line is a number in parentheses.
K. Edit that number by doing the following:
i. Double-click "Num_Catalog_Entries"
ii. In the small pop-up window, select "Decimal"
iii. Edit the value of the number on the left to reflect the number of
remaining folders (in the case of the example in step G above, you would
enter 2)
iv. Click OK

For the "Protocol_Catalog9" numbered folders:
A. First, make note of how many folders there are
B. Highlight the first one
C. On the righthand side, you will see a line beginning with
"PackedCatalogItem". Double-click on that word and a small windows will
pop-up.
D. In this window, several columns appear with numbers and letters. At
the top of the last column appears a path that will say,
"C:\WINDOWS\NEWDOTNET~.DLL" or "C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\..." followed by a long
list of characters.
E. Look through each of the numbered folders and delete only those that
indicate "C:\WINDOWS\NEWDOTNET~.DLL" in the "Edit Binary Value" window
described above. In other words, if you find a reference to
"NEWDOTNET..." in the "Edit Binary Value" window, close the window first
(click "Cancel"), then highlight the numbered folder on the left you were
checking and delete it. If the folder does not say
"C:\WINDOWS\NEWDOTNET..." in the TOP RIGHT corner only, DO NOT delete it.
NOTE: You should find it in either 2 or 4 folders total. If you do not,
double-check the folders and if it's still the same, just move on to the
next step.
F. Rename each remaining numbered folder so that they are all
consecutive. For example, if there were 13 folders and you deleted 2 of
them, you will need to rename the remaining folders "001" through
"0011".
G. Do this by right-clicking the folder name, left-click Rename, press
the "End" key on your keyboard once (next to "Delete"), press "Backspace"
once, then type in the new number (**be absolutely sure you don't delete any
of the zeros) and then press "Enter".
H. Next, highlight the "Protocol_Catalog9" folder on the lefthand side.
I. On the right, locate the "Num_Catalog_Entries" line. At the end of
this line is a number in parentheses.
J. Edit that number by doing the following:
i. Double-click "Num_Catalog_Entries"
ii. In the small pop-up window, select "Decimal"
iii. Edit the value of the number on the left to reflect the number of
remaining folders (in the case of the example in step F above, you would
enter 11)
iv. Click OK

Again, you may close all open folders. Close the Registry Editor. Your
changes will be automatically saved. Reboot your computer and attempt to
access a website. See Step 6 (Registry backup) above if you experience
other unusual computer problems. If your Internet access has been restored,
we recommend you delete the registry backup file by doing the following:

1. On your Windows desktop, locate the "backup" file that was created in the
Backup Registry procedure above.
2. Delete the file and remove it from your Recycle Bin also.

Please let us know if this helps and if you have any further problems or
questions.

(c)2001 New.net, Inc. All rights reserved.

http://patrick.kolla.de/software/spybotsd/download.en.html

After writing to support@new.net, here is their reply :

From: Customer Support
To: nickiecat
Cc: support@new.net
Sent: Saturday, May 04, 2002 1:32 AM

If you are unaware of how the New.net application was installed on your computer, we currently have agreements with the following companies to bundle our plug-in with their downloadable software:

BearShare
Grokster
Kazaa
Mindset Interactive (NetPalNow)
RadLight
Subtitle Studio

Previously, we were bundled with the following software companies:

Babylon
Cydoor (LingoWare)
GDivx
Go!Zilla
iMesh
Webshots

If you did not actually visit our website, http://www.new.net and install our plug-in, one of these companies is the most likely source of the plug-in on your computer.

If your computer has access to the Internet, then it is recommended to update our software first so that a proper uninstall may occur. Please visit http://www.new.net and click on Enable your browser in the top right corner of any one of our pages. Please follow the prompts to install our software. After installation, please reboot your computer. Once the computer is back up, please check to see if you still get any error messages. If you no longer receive any error messages then you have the choice of keeping our software installed or uninstalling it. If you choose to uninstall our software, then you may do so by selecting New.net Application or New.net Domains through Add/Remove Programs. If the error messages persist and you are still unable to uninstall our plug-in then please download the following file:

http://www.new.net/support/uninstall3_70.exe

The above file will completely uninstall the NewDotNet application from your computer. The file size is 36kb and can be copied to a floppy disk and ran from any computer.

THIS FILE IS NOT TO BE DISTRIBUTED, MIRRORED, OR LINKED WITHOUT THE EXPRESSED WRITTEN CONSENT OF NEW.NET. (...of course not..)

(c)2001, 2002 New.net, Inc. All rights reserved.

Customer Support
New.net, Inc.
(818) 385-2000

You have to re-run spybotsd because uninstall still leave a little library something (I forgot...) which removes it anyway.

did anyone know how to solve this problem and explains me better to understand the working procedure of RUNDLL.

thanx in advance

"Cannot find rundll32.exe (or one of it's components). Make sure the path and file name are correct and all required libraries are available"

What does this mean, and how do I fix it?

At startup I get the Dll error stating:
Cannot find specified file
c:/progra~1\newdot~1\newdot~1.dll

I think that because of this I can't enter Internet Explorer. I get the message that page cannot be displayed.