Message during startup

[Mike S.]

I am currently getting a message that says "windows
cannot find copy, make sure you spelled it
correctly...". This happens after I login and before the
desktop appears. There is a beep before the message
appears. I punch the OK button and the startup
finishes. I searched for copy and found nothing with
copy by itself (like copy.exe). Norton found a virus
recently and quarantined some files that I then deleted.
Do not remember if any were copy. How can I get this
copy file back?

 

[Chris Lanier]

Greetings

1. Open Regedit by going to Start>>Run and then typing regedit.

2. Then do a find for "winshow" When any key is found, delete it by
pressing the delete key. Be sure to hit the F3 (Find Next) key after
each. There are about 10 or so that need to be find. Regedit will say
"Finished Searching" when complete.

3. Repeat the same step above, but this time search for "winlink"

4. After that is done, close regedit.

5. You will then have to search for the the .dll files stored on the
harddrive. Go to search for files at c: Then search for "winshow" and
"winlink" Delete any files that you find. (Im my case I did not find
any files named winlink)

6. Restart the computer

For more info see:
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/adware.winshow.html

[Courtesy of Matt]