last bits of spyware and trojan removal help

Discussion in 'privacy problems' started by balthus, Nov 17, 2004.

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  1. balthus

    balthus Registered Member

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    hey all,
    once i finish dealing with ad ware and spy ware etc. they still leave their mark in the msconfig start up tab...

    how do you get edit the list of option that appear there??
    thanks :)
     
    balthus, Nov 17, 2004
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    ronjor Global Moderator

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    balthus

    This does not appear to be strictly a NOD issue. I would do a cleanup using Blackspear's excellent link here.
     
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  3. balthus

    balthus Registered Member

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    thanks for the link. i don't usually have the time to go through all of his steps.
    i feel comfortable poking around in the registry and deleting stuff...

    so i do agree that it is not an NOD problem but ya'll are smart!
    thanks for the input...anyone else have a more direct answer to my question?
    (or should i move this thread to a different part of the forum?)
     
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  5. Blackspear

    Blackspear Global Moderator

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    I’m not an expert in this area (registry). The steps I have posted are fairly comprehensive. If you are just seeing remnants, then you may just want to try a couple of good registry cleaners, I use Registry Mechanic and Regseeker, they work well for me…

    Hope this helps…

    Cheers :D
     
    Blackspear, Nov 17, 2004
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  6. Bubba

    Bubba Updates Team

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    You would find most if not all msconfig entries in one of the run keys.



    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce
    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ RunServices
    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ RunServicesOnce

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ RunServices
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ RunServicesOnce
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ RunOnce\Setup
     
    Bubba, Nov 17, 2004
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  7. balthus

    balthus Registered Member

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    hey thanks for the responses.
    someone gave me this link at broadband reports (dslreports.com), my other forum.

    http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml

    it is a sweet little prog that is used for editting the start up menu...
    check it out. nice and effecient. got some good reviews from the people over who suggested it.

    (if i can't provide direct links sorry. :'( )
     
    balthus, Nov 18, 2004
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  8. Bubba

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    Just so you know....that is a very permissible link. Also....Mike Lin's Startup Control Panel is very good indeed :)
     
    Bubba, Nov 18, 2004
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