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blank items in msconfig startup
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Name: bmeek
Date: June 25, 2006 at 21:41:22 Pacific
Subject: blank items in msconfig startupOS: XP HomeCPU/Ram: 3.2 ghz / 1.5 gigModel/Manufacturer: Home built |
Comment: I have noticed the startup tab in msconfig there are 4 blank entries with the box on the left side checked. I did find a sorta of a fix editing the registry and deleting blank keys at:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Window\CurrentVersion\Run There were 10 but now only 4 show up and I'm stuck. Is this anything I should be worried about?
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Response Number 2
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Name: bmeek
Date: June 25, 2006 at 22:11:46 Pacific
Subject: blank items in msconfig startup |
Reply: (edit)I find that some say to use a reg cleaner but I really don’t want to use them. They can do more harm than good. Could this be the works of a virus I had in the past? I already did a google search and in my 1st post is the only thing I found that somewhat worked.
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Response Number 3
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Name: Needalilhelp
Date: June 25, 2006 at 22:24:14 Pacific
Subject: blank items in msconfig startup |
Reply: (edit)If you think it is a virus start windows in safe mode and then run your anti-virus program. When you say had in the past what do you mean? do you mean you never got rid of it before or forgot what you did?
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Response Number 4
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Name: johnr
Date: June 26, 2006 at 03:08:48 Pacific
Subject: blank items in msconfig startup |
Reply: (edit)Try the 'Issues' fixing option in CCleaner - it's a registry cleaner but not a very invasive one & I've found it to be the safest one around at the moment - plus CCleaner itself is a useful tool just for getting rid of rubbish. "I know that I'm mad, I've always been mad"
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Response Number 5
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Name: bmeek
Date: June 26, 2006 at 06:08:43 Pacific
Subject: blank items in msconfig startup |
Reply: (edit)Needalilhelp, I had a virus a couple years ago and yes I got rid of it I guess. At least kaspersky, ewido, adaware, spybot doesn't report anything. johnr, I ran CCleaner and had it delete all that it found in the "Issues". After it deleted I ran it again and it found about 100 more items, deleted, ran it again and it found another 20 items. I find this a little odd.
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Response Number 6
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Name: Jennifer SUMN
Date: June 26, 2006 at 06:50:35 Pacific
Subject: blank items in msconfig startup |
Reply: (edit)I would open the Registry to the proper key and compare what's there to what's listed in msconfig. Life is more painless for those who are brainless.
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Response Number 8
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Name: bmeek
Date: June 26, 2006 at 09:48:19 Pacific
Subject: blank items in msconfig startup |
Reply: (edit)HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Window\CurrentVersion\Run and msconfig looks the same with the expection of the blank items in msconfig. Does msconfig cleanup run in the background? I don't really want another program that take more resources away. I have kaspersky and ewido running and my computer is already running slower than it used to by running those 2 programs. I used to have over 50 processes running and now I have 39.
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Response Number 10
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Name: Needalilhelp
Date: June 26, 2006 at 12:29:47 Pacific
Subject: blank items in msconfig startup |
Reply: (edit)You probley still have that virus and you just might have excluded it from the search's try another anti-virus program.
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Response Number 11
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Name: bmeek
Date: June 26, 2006 at 13:10:31 Pacific
Subject: blank items in msconfig startup |
Reply: (edit)Ran RegScrup and went ahead and let it fix all problems. It fixed the blank items in msconfig startup. I'm running Panda online scan now.
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Response Number 12
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Name: bmeek
Date: June 26, 2006 at 14:03:53 Pacific
Subject: blank items in msconfig startup |
Reply: (edit)The only thing panda scan found was a couple cookies from firefox and this: Adware:adware/24-7-search Not disinfected C:\WINDOWS\system32\unPPC.exe
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Response Number 15
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Name: bmeek
Date: June 26, 2006 at 15:55:35 Pacific
Subject: blank items in msconfig startup |
Reply: (edit)This is what trend micro online scan found and my computer froze when trend micro went to clean them: TSPY_ANALOGXPROXY
COOKIE_WEBSPONSORS
COOKIE_TACODA
TSPY_CIMUZ
TSPY_AGENT.TQ
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Response Number 16
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Name: bmeek
Date: June 26, 2006 at 16:33:44 Pacific
Subject: blank items in msconfig startup |
Reply: (edit)Well my computer is just getting more strange. I rebooted after the trend micro online scan and now I have an icon on the bottom right corner which is "sql server service manager". Where and how did I get this? Is is from the panda or trend micro online scans?
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Response Number 18
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Name: bmeek
Date: June 27, 2006 at 19:13:26 Pacific
Subject: blank items in msconfig startup |
Reply: (edit)I ran kaspersky and ewido in safe mode and they found nothing. I haven't tried NOD32 because I have kaspersky installed. I couldn't find an online scan from NOD32. Which is better kaspersky or nod32?
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Response Number 19
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Name: bmeek
Date: June 27, 2006 at 19:47:14 Pacific
Subject: blank items in msconfig startup |
Reply: (edit)I posted a hijackthis log at http://www.hijackthis.de and it showed these as being nasty: O1 - Hosts: 70.84.139.98 brianmeek.com
O1 - Hosts: 70.84.139.98 www.brianmeek.com I don't understand why. This is for using windows explorer to access my homepage. Sorta like using an ftp. Or is it telling me something else?
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