doug Posted November 5, 2003 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2003 Her's a link it's 4kb so I thought it would be a bit long to post directly http://www.johnchapman.plus.com/startuplist.txt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Grim Reaper Posted November 5, 2003 Report Share Posted November 5, 2003 Her's a link it's 4kb so I thought it would be a bit long to post directly http://www.johnchapman.plus.com/startuplist.txtwoh!!! you are getting a bit flash at this website stuff doug! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doug Posted November 5, 2003 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2003 Good god no. I certainly don't understand the gobbldygook that the startuplist reported. Thanks to our Nel I'm just about knocking the gobble out of the Html gobbledeygook. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark2 Posted November 5, 2003 Report Share Posted November 5, 2003 I'm a little concerned with Reboot.exehttp://www.pestpatrol.com/PestInfo/r/remot..._0_build_44.asp points to a trojan http://www.topcatcomputing.com/articles/di...cle.asp?DocID=7 suggests it isn't for 98REBOOT.EXE is not for use with Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP operating Systems. This utility can be used with MS-DOS and Windows 3.1Can you find file size etc from properties for it ?Maybe we can do a bit more digging. :ph34r: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doug Posted November 5, 2003 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2003 373KB. I'll untick it in msconfig and do a reboot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark2 Posted November 5, 2003 Report Share Posted November 5, 2003 ps no lostrun in there. May need to search the registry for that doug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doug Posted November 5, 2003 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2003 There was reboot in the msconfig. I unticked it and lo and behold the LostRun.exe didn't appear this time. A sucess, cross fingers. Thanks. Now at your leisure folks what else can I untick from my startup in msconfig. Should I permanently delete the items and how? :wacko: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark2 Posted November 5, 2003 Report Share Posted November 5, 2003 Doug,send reboot.exe to the recycle bin from C:\WINDOWS\Start Menu\Programs\StartUp.theseCmaudioLogitech Desktop MessengerPointeryou can safely disable, this will free up a little memory but it looks pretty clean & lean to me.I would recommend an a/v & trojan check tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doug Posted November 5, 2003 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2003 Thanks mark. I've un-ticked Cmaudio, Logitech and pointer and re-booted. Having un-ticked Reboot earlier, neither it or LostRun appear in the Start/Programs/Startup group.Now 2 last, I hope, questions. 1) I have Grisoft Avg running all the time and do a full scan every week, last was 2 days ago. How would a trojan get through and how would I run a more thorough check?2) How can I permanently remove the unchecked items from the startup in msconfig. I ask this because when I ran something the other day all the unchecked items became re-checked. My Systray had so many items in it it almost took up all the screen width.Thanks for you forbearance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark2 Posted November 6, 2003 Report Share Posted November 6, 2003 Doug a1, a/v aren't so hot on finding trojans as viruses. A dedicated trojan scanner is best for these. I use TDS-3 but it's not a freebie. A good alternative to trojan scanners is registryprot. It monitors parts of the registry where trojans usually begin.Swatit free gets reasonable reviews as a trojan scanner.a2, whilst the programs remain on your system I don't think you can unless it is via a registry tweak/hack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doug Posted November 6, 2003 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2003 Thanks for all your help mark. I've loaded and run the Regitryprotectot. It came up with the items I've stripped down to plus one other. I said OK to it then realised that I should have made a note before that so I can do a search to check on it. Now the program is sitting there just running. Tried stopping and re-starting it but doesn't repeat the first run. Do I leave this running or only run it from time to time?PS I did need the POINTER file running it's for the forward and back buttons for my M$ Optical Intellimouse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark2 Posted November 6, 2003 Report Share Posted November 6, 2003 regprotect will start with windows, you need do nothing else with it until it warns you when a registry key is being written to. It will warn you when you disable something in msconfig , clearing temp IE files & cookies etc, also when you install new apps (or they install themselves [trojan like behaviour])only using 244k in processes on my system, you could disable it msconfig :o but not advised. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doug Posted November 6, 2003 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2003 Wilco and again thanks :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moon Posted November 6, 2003 Report Share Posted November 6, 2003 doug, the Pitstop test will show you your running processes under the 'Windows' tab in your results list. They are also colour-coded 'safe, viruses, spyware etc' You can select any entry and it will tell you what it is and how it came to be running on your PC. You could also post the 'Tech Express' link from your results main page and we could see it here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doug Posted November 6, 2003 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2003 Will do that but the Pitstop is undergoing maintenance at the moment and they advise not to run the full test, just yet. I can't raise the results of my last test. Will do it later. Going off with wife now - were going up to Belsay to lokk at the Autumn colours now that she's a tad better. Got to do something with our time :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doug Posted November 6, 2003 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2003 Right progress to date. Went into Regedit and deleted all the items showing in Run- . Re-booted and B*******r me those unchecked items in the Start up group were still there, albeit still unchecked. <_>Anyway have run the Pitstop check again and the results are herehttp://www.pcpitstop.com/techexpress.asp?id=U8XBKWXK6N0SPK73 Any further suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moon Posted November 6, 2003 Report Share Posted November 6, 2003 As long as they're unchecked, doug, I shouldn't worry about them. Looking at your test there is only Mailwasher which you can shut down if you're not actually using it. You can add 2x128MB memory sticks to double what you've got now for a fairly impressive performance boost for the money. That will fill your slots to the maximum. Memory is still cheap. You've got green flags all the way so you're doing well !! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doug Posted November 6, 2003 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2003 Much obliged moon. Hope this has been of help to others. How do I request a [RESOLVED] sticker? :)sorted for you doug! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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