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[Anthony Jimenez]

To all who answered my plea, a big thank you. You are outstanding! I have
done everything y'all suggested and I still have the problem. I have found 2
programs or files that the " Search " shows as 'No Results Found', yet they
are on my msconfig and my Code Stuff Starter as Start up items. I don't know
what they are; they are the only two I cannot identify and am afraid to
delete. They are: DEVLDR.32.EXE and NvCplDaemon or RUNDLL.32.EXE. Could
someone please tell me what they are and should I delete them? Thank You so
much. A.J.

 

[TaurArian]

This link will help you identify the two files
All about disabling programs at startup
http://www.answersthatwork.com/Tasklist_pages/tasklist.htm


Information about malware:
http://arstechnica.com/articles/paedia/malware.ars

The below links assist you in checking your system for parasites:-
http://aumha.org/a/noads.htm
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/parasite.htm
Please note that some malware may kill the internet connection when it is removed,
the program on the link below will enable you to regain the internet connection.
http://www.cexx.org/lspfix.htm

Unexplained computer behavior may be caused by third-party software
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;827315

http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/default.mspx
Fight Spyware - articles by Microsoft

Spyware Programs links:-
www.lavasoftusa.com Ad-Aware
www.security.kolla.de Spybot

SpywareBlaster
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html

Dealing with Unwanted Spyware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search Engines
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm

Downloadable McAfee AVERT Stinger:
Stinger: http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/
stand-alone utility used to detect and remove specific viruses. It is not a
substitute for full anti-virus protection, but rather a tool to assist
administrators and users when dealing with an infected system. Stinger utilizes
next generation scan engine technology, including process scanning, digitally
signed DAT files, and scan performance optimizations.

Perhaps an online security/virus check
Symantec
http://security.norton.com/sscv6/default.asp?langid=ie&venid=sym
Trend Micro House Call:
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/
Panda ActiveScan;
http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/com/activescan_principal.htm
McAfee FreeScan:
http://us.mcafee.com/root/mfs/default.asp
Kaspersky Labs On-line Virus Checker:
http://www.kaspersky.com/remoteviruschk.html
BitDefender Online Scan:
http://www.bitdefender.com/scan/licence.php

Free anti virus programs
http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_dwnl7.php
http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html

 

[Guest]

Anthony, when you open task manager if you list thew processes by user, say
system or you then the processes that are in the systems are 99% stable and
should not be deleted but if these items are under your name unless i know
what they are, eg.. AVGMC, ATI which are my virus and graphics card, i stop
them from running on startup, if you use msconfig it doesnt mean you delete
them jus disable them, so if disabling any of them causes a problem to
booting up then boot up in safe mode and make them start again in msconfig.
that help?