Annoying popup with a blank field trying to be added to the startup

[AlanK]

Hmmm, this is very annoying. Every time I start windows,
the AntiSpyware popup indicates that a program named (a
blank space) is trying to add itself to the staurtup
group, any suggestions what this could be?

 

[Bill Sanderson]

I don't know what this critter is, but it most likely indicates that you
have spyware or a trojan left in place which is attempting to repair itself
on each boot.

Try doing full deep scans in safe mode until one comes through clean.

If nothing is detected--(please also try your antivirus)--then I'd recommend
a scan with some other tool--perhaps this online scan:

http://housecall.trendmicro.com

 

[Ron Kinner]

Get HijackThis.exe from
http://tomcoyote.org/hjt/hjt199//HijackThis.exe

Save then Open it and select the SCAN AND SAVE LOG option.

Note where you save the log and then send it to me. I
will be glad to look at it
and tell you what to do to get rid of it for good.


Ron Kinner MVP 2004

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