Issue using VBoxSDL on Windows

[kveroneau]

Hello everyone!

This is my first time actually needing to use VirtualBox on Windows, I am basically using someone elses laptop temporarily and don't want to install Linux onto it natively and VirtualBox makes it super easy to revert everything back after I get my own Linux-based laptop back... Anyways.

I am running into an odd issue with VBoxSDL, originally I got a very weird error which I did manage to resolve:

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C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox>VBoxSDL.exe
VBoxSDL: supR3HardenedScreenImage/LdrLoadDll: rc=Unknown Status -23021 (0xffffa6
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VBoxSDL: supR3HardenedMonitor_LdrLoadDll: rejecting 'C:\PROGRA~1\SearchProtect\SearchProtect\bin\VC32Loader.dll' (C:\PROGRA~1\SearchProtect\SearchProtect\bin\VC32Loader.dll): rcNt=0xc0000190
VBoxSDL: supR3HardenedMainGetTrustedMain: LoadLibrary "C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox/VBoxSDL.dll" failed, rc=126

For anyone experiencing a similar issue, this is actually caused by a program called Search Protect essentially a Windows malware that bypasses the Windows' dynamic library loader it seems. This is very bad for any application to have control over... Now, after removing this malware using an online guide, I am now presented with the following error:

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C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox>VBoxSDL.exe
VBoxSDL: supR3HardenedMainGetTrustedMain: LoadLibrary "C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox/VBoxSDL.dll" failed, rc=126

Has anybody else experienced this error on Windows 7 32-bit VirtualBox before? If so, how can I resolve it? Thanks.

[loukingjr]

See:Windows 4.3.20 specifically for errors due to security
You might want to fallback to VB 4.3.12.