I had a bit other problem. In the summer I live in the country (without the wire Internet).
After moving on a summer residence approximately in 10 days start GPxPatch occurred very long (some minutes) and also it was necessary to stop manually process rundll32. (GP4 it is established and I play the stationary PC).
Also there were problems with ZazTools (association of files). At returning in the autumn home and Internet connection all was restored.
This summer I used the smart phone as the modem for PC, but at all during game start. The problem has disappeared and did not repeat 2 years.
But 3 days ago start GPxPatch began to last 50 seconds instead of instant start, as usual.
Yesterday I have made FULL check of the PC by means of Kaspersky Total Security.
Has been found "not-a-virus:AdWare. Win32.Conduit.a" in files: cltmngui.exe, cltmng.exe, SPTool64.exe, SPVC32.dll, SPVC64.dll. These files have been removed in quarantine.
Has started GPxPatch, the start Delay remained.
Today has included the PC, has started GPxPatch - all ОК, start was restored.
I apologise for my English.