! ! ! ! How can you delete listing in msconfig under startup? ! ! ! !

[Enigma]

When you run MSCONFIG.exe and then goto the startup tab, I still find items there that I deleted due to being spyware. How can I get the listing deleted from the startup section completly where the option of checking is no longer there.

PLEASE I HATE TO SEE IT THERE, **** SPYWARE TO HELL!!


THANKS on whoever gives me a reply to this

ENIGMA

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

Enigma,

See Tip 148 in MVP Kelly's site: Clear Disabled Items from Msconfig Startup
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

NOTE:
The disabled startup items are moved here:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\MSConfig\startupreg]

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When you run MSCONFIG.exe and then goto the startup tab, I still find items there that I deleted due to being spyware. How can I get the listing deleted from the startup section completly where the option of checking is no longer there.

PLEASE I HATE TO SEE IT THERE, **** SPYWARE TO HELL!!


THANKS on whoever gives me a reply to this

ENIGMA

 

[Guest]

I can't thank you enough for posting this message. Anyone reading this, DO NOT go near anything called "cool-web search" or "cool-net search". I don't know how it happened, but an executable file was mistakenly downloaded on this machine that was modifying the registry folder everytime the pc was re-booted. i could delete the registry items, but the item remained in the start-up folder. Anytime you stumbled on the wrong website, it automatically re-programmed the registry to load the damn thing at start-up! I'd like to delete the scumbag responsible for this bullshit. Spread the word. Thanks again.

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

Global-Finder (CoolWebSearch spyware). This is a trojan/spyware that hijacks Internet Explorer start and search settings to one of several different web sites

Download CoolWebSearch destroyer from here:
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/cwshredder.zip

And download Ad-Aware from www.lavasoftusa.com and update it. It eliminates for any other spyware, if present in the system.