My Windows XP ( yep! Still have one of those ) has been having booting problems since 2 days ago with a cmd.exe app error (0xc0000142). I get this error as I shut down the PC. Once I log in, and it takes a while, I get a pointer with an hourglass that won't stop. I was able to use safe mode in order to run malware byte and that's where this thing showed on the scanning results. I can't get anything done as this thing has slowed my PC to molasses speed. Is there anyone out there that has run into this issue before? Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Happy New Year to you all....Mine has started on a bad note. Boo hoo!

Thank you in advance.