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Name: LaxFan
Date: January 24, 2004 at 13:36:12 Pacific
OS: Win XP SP1
CPU/Ram: P4 1.8 / 768MB
Comment:

The system32 folder keeps opening up on startup. This just started recently. I run antivirus, spybot, and ad-aware.

Any ideas as to why, where to look, and how to stop?

Thanks.



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Name: Chuck 2
Date: January 24, 2004 at 13:50:10 Pacific
Reply:

Maybe this:

system32 folder opens after logon:
http://www.computing.net/windowsxp/wwwboard/forum/91426.html


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Response Number 2
Name: LaxFan
Date: January 24, 2004 at 14:03:29 Pacific
Reply:

Fixed it.

Somehow it got onto the list of startup programs. I deleted it through Spybot.


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