Hi all

there seems to be a Windows XP (SP3 and I guess earlier) component
called "Autorun7"...

Does anyone know what this is supposed to do? Does it handle all
automatically started Windows components?

I have not found much information about it on the net so if you know
of a web page that provides more detail I would appreciate it.

Thank you.

cheers

"S Claus" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi all
>
> there seems to be a Windows XP (SP3 and I guess earlier) component
> called "Autorun7"...

Doesn't exist on my XP SP3 system.

Where are you finding this named on your system?

For example, would you see a line like this, referencing a seemingly random
EXE file, in a HiJack this log:

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Microsoft Autorun7] C:\WINNT\system32\nwizqjsj.exe

If so, it's not a Windows component, it's malware.

>
> Does anyone know what this is supposed to do? Does it handle all
> automatically started Windows components?
>
> I have not found much information about it on the net so if you know
> of a web page that provides more detail I would appreciate it.

It may actually be malware, especially if you don't find references to it.

It's quite ordinary for malware authors to use names that *look like*

However, Electronic Arts did use a file named Autorun7.exe.

HTH
-pk

>
> Thank you.
>
> cheers

You are infected with the W32.Ogleon.A virus. See link below

http://www.symantec.com/security_res...815-99&tabid=2

Use the Security tools that you have plus the online ones to remove it and read the
Recommendation in the link that I provided above
--
Peter

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Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.

"S Claus" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:f3c36fce-ef26-44e2-9ef1-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi all
>
> there seems to be a Windows XP (SP3 and I guess earlier) component
> called "Autorun7"...
>
> Does anyone know what this is supposed to do? Does it handle all
> automatically started Windows components?
>
> I have not found much information about it on the net so if you know
> of a web page that provides more detail I would appreciate it.
>
> Thank you.
>
> cheers

On May 10, 12:48 pm, "Patrick Keenan" <t...@dev.null> wrote:
> "S Claus" <sa...@temporaryinbox.com> wrote in message
>
> news:f3c36fce-ef26-44e2-9ef1-(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> > Hi all
>
> > there seems to be a Windows XP (SP3 and I guess earlier) component
> > called "Autorun7"...
>
> Doesn't exist on my XP SP3 system.
>
> Where are you finding this named on your system?
>
> For example, would you see a line like this, referencing a seemingly random
> EXE file, in a HiJack this log:
>
> O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Microsoft Autorun7] C:\WINNT\system32\nwizqjsj.exe
>
> If so, it's not a Windows component, it's malware.
>
> ...
>
> It may actually be malware, especially if you don't find references to it.
>
> It's quite ordinary for malware authors to use names that *look like*
>
> However, Electronic Arts did use a file named Autorun7.exe.
>
> HTH
> -pk

Thank you Patrick.

I found this in an error message on my daughters computer (she has all
sorts of games installed) when the computer was shutting down for
reboot.

The references to "Microsoft Autorun7" I found on the internet made me
think that it was an MS product. But because of what you are saying it
likely is not.

I did also see one reference to the Sims game on the internet and it
is indeed an "Electronic Arts" product. I just checked the Sims
installation directory for the Autorun7 executable but I had just
removed the last component of Sims 1 from her machine because of
installing Sims 2...and Sims 2 does not have "Autorun7". The error
message came when the first version of the game was still installed so
I think that is where the error message came from.

Thank you again for your help.

I found nothing to indicate this is Microsoft related, I did find evidence
to indicate it is malware related though.

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"S Claus" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:f3c36fce-ef26-44e2-9ef1-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi all
>
> there seems to be a Windows XP (SP3 and I guess earlier) component
> called "Autorun7"...
>
> Does anyone know what this is supposed to do? Does it handle all
> automatically started Windows components?
>
> I have not found much information about it on the net so if you know
> of a web page that provides more detail I would appreciate it.
>
> Thank you.
>
> cheers