Error message on startup

[Guest]

I am running Windows XP Home, and when the system is starting up I am
receiving a message saying that "An error has occurred in onoes.exe"

I have been unable to find any information on what this executable does, or
even if it is part of windows or just spyware?

Can anyone shed some light on this file? On my PC it resides in the root
folder, being c:\, but there is also a related file called
"ONOES.EXE-2CE2B2AD.pf" located at c:\windows\prefetch

 

[Ted Zieglar]

This should shed some light:

"Protect Your PC"
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/windowsxp/Default.mspx

 

[Wesley Vogel]

ONOES.EXE is probably some sort of malware.

Update your antivirus software and run a full system scan.

Do the same for whatever anti-spyware applications that you have.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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