Wacky startup and shutdown popups

[Erie Jim]

When I shutdown my XP Home Edition I get a window from
Rundll32.exe that shows a moving bar as it shutsdown. I
hit "End Now" and a new window popsup from "Wupdater.exe"
with the same bar running. I hit "End Now" and my machine
shuts down OK.

The other problem Im having is Windows Media Player pops
up when I start the machine. Nothing plays. I just X it
out and keep on computing. I found this entry in Registry -
C:\PROGRA~1\WINDOWS~3\wmplayer.exe
This doesn't look right because of the ~ (ampersands). Is
this a virus/trojan that caused this? I've run Mcaffee and
Norton and found nothing.

email me please.
Erie Jim

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

For 'wupdater' try these programs to check for any spyware that may be on
your system:

Ad-Aware - www.lavasoftusa.com
Spybot - http://www.safer-networking.org/
CWShredder - http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html

Also see the following link:

http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm

For wmplayer - have a look in msconfig>startup for a reference to it. If
found uncheck it and then reboot your system.

--

Will Denny
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
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| When I shutdown my XP Home Edition I get a window from
| Rundll32.exe that shows a moving bar as it shutsdown. I
| hit "End Now" and a new window popsup from "Wupdater.exe"
| with the same bar running. I hit "End Now" and my machine
| shuts down OK.
|
| The other problem Im having is Windows Media Player pops
| up when I start the machine. Nothing plays. I just X it
| out and keep on computing. I found this entry in Registry -
| C:\PROGRA~1\WINDOWS~3\wmplayer.exe
| This doesn't look right because of the ~ (ampersands). Is
| this a virus/trojan that caused this? I've run Mcaffee and
| Norton and found nothing.
|
| email me please.
| Erie Jim

 

[Guest]

Actually, those '~' characters are called "tilde".