RE: System 32 folder opens during start up

["David Gillett" <gillettdavid () fhda edu>]

  There was a major virus of a year or more ago, for which a
popular remedy included deleting a couple of registry keys.
Turned out that if one of those keys was absent, Windows 
would open that folder at startup.

  You may find

http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/win2000/t1058798369

helpful.

David Gillett
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: DMORROW5 () satx rr com [mailto:DMORROW5 () satx rr com] 
> Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 9:24 AM
> To: security-basics () securityfocus com
> Subject: System 32 folder opens during start up
>
> I'm drawing a blank...
>
> One of the computers that I maintain is giving me a headache. 
> It's a personal computer, and every-time it boots up, the 
> system32 directory folder opens up. I've looked in startup 
> folders for all users, and a few other things, but cannot 
> find the reason.
>
> Any thoughts to turn this off? I suspect it may be in the 
> registry, but I'm not definitely sure.
>
> regards,
>
> Dana
>
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