"Woody" <TheDuck@pond.net> wrote in
news:Jq6ak.10337$xZ.1646@nlpi070.nbdc.sbc.com:

> The problem is you are suggesting high tech tools to a person that is
> not that computer literate based on his post. He should first use the
> basic tools to determine what is running. That is start task manager
> and determine what files are using the CPU time. From there we can
> make intelligent suggestions. Before using any of the suggested tools
> he should have a backup of his system...

Sorry, I wasn't aware autoruns was "hightech"

Sorry for butting in where I didn't belong.

> "Dustin Cook" <bughunter.dustin@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:Xns9AC0DCC4A245CHHI2948AJD832@69.28.186.121.. .
>> Andy Walker <awalker@nspank.invalid> wrote in news:485943c7.363550968
>> @news.webtv.com:
>>
>>> Gaz wrote:
>>>
>>>>> Good point, but I'd recommend using AutoRuns instead of MSCONFIG
>>>>> because of its vastly superior capability.
>>>>>
>>>>> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/s.../bb963902.aspx
>>>>
>>>>"Hijack this" is the real big boys toy in this department.....
>>>
>>> I don't think it is as useful as AutoRuns, and I've used them both
>>> for many years.
>>>
>>
>> AutoRuns finds more entries for startup locations. HiJackthis misses
>> a few of them.
>>
>>
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>> Dustin Cook - http://bughunter.it-mate.co.uk
>> BugHunter v2.2e AntiMalware Removal Utility
>> For Windows users, I highly recommend:
>> http://www.malwarebytes.org - MalwareBytes AntiMalware
>>
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BugHunter v2.2e AntiMalware Removal Utility
For Windows users, I highly recommend:
http://www.malwarebytes.org - MalwareBytes AntiMalware