From: Tim Meddick on
No problem!

....I am glad that I could be of some help.

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)




"French Quarter" <French.Quarter(a)tulane.edu> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> Thank you for the quick response. The Sys Auto Runs was perfect.
>
> "Imagination...is the irrepressible revolutionist."
>
> "Tim Meddick" <timmeddick(a)gawab.com> wrote in message
> news:OV#pjUVnKHA.5552(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> Registry scanning applications like HijackThis or SpyBotSD are good - they will
>> report if there is a new or unexpected entry to the auto "Run" list.
>>
>> Another utility called AutoRuns (Sysinternals, a division of Microsoft) can tell
>> you all the process and services that begin automatically at system start - broken
>> into sub-groups under different "tabs".
>>
>> HijackThis :
>> http://download.cnet.com/Trend-Micro-HijackThis/3000-8022_4-10227353.html
>>
>> SpyBotSD :
>> http://www.safer-networking.org/en/mirrors/index.html
>>
>> AutoRuns :
>> http://download.sysinternals.com/Files/Autoruns.zip
>
>
>

From: David B. on
I wasn't responding to you, I was responding to the OP, clearing up his miss
information.

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"Tim Meddick" <timmeddick(a)gawab.com> wrote in message
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> David,
> although SpyBotSD *is* commonly described as anti - malware /
> spyware, this, and HijackThis do also scan the registry for unusual and
> unauthorised entries, and both include the "auto-run" part of the
> registry.
>
> It is for this reason that I described both programs as
> "Registry-scanning" applications, as that is the function that they also
> perform, that I was interested in.
>
> Both HijackThis and SpyBotSD make an excellent job of scanning the
> registry for unwanted start-up applications, as well as performing the
> rest of their respective functions for which they are more commonly known.
>
> ==
>
> Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)
>
>
>
>
> "David B." <mail(a)nomail.net> wrote in message
> news:ePdSBXpnKHA.5552(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> Spybot is an anti malware application, not something that would try to
>> install without your knowledge, spyware is the term your looking for.
>>
>> --
>>
>>
>> --
>> "French Quarter" <French.Quarter(a)tulane.edu> wrote in message
>> news:472209C2-842E-4D89-8750-452F266E041A(a)microsoft.com...
>>> Registry Startup Program
>>>
>>> If this the best group for Windows XP Malware or Spybot questions?
>>>
>>> Is there a Registry Startup Program that will list the RUN or Startup
>>> things in the XP Home Registry? Something that will help you locate if
>>> there is Malware or Spybot trying to reinstall ? Or trying to Startup?
>>>
>>> What are your recommendations?
>>>
>>> Thanks from the New Orleans French Quarter
>>
>

From: Peter Foldes on
David.

Tim was responding to the following you posted with his take on it

>Spybot is an anti malware application, not something that would try to install
>without your knowledge, spyware is the term your looking for.

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"David B." <mail(a)nomail.net> wrote in message
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>I wasn't responding to you, I was responding to the OP, clearing up his miss
>information.
>
> --
>
>
> --
> "Tim Meddick" <timmeddick(a)gawab.com> wrote in message
> news:elWEP9tnKHA.5520(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> David,
>> although SpyBotSD *is* commonly described as anti - malware / spyware,
>> this, and HijackThis do also scan the registry for unusual and unauthorised
>> entries, and both include the "auto-run" part of the registry.
>>
>> It is for this reason that I described both programs as "Registry-scanning"
>> applications, as that is the function that they also perform, that I was
>> interested in.
>>
>> Both HijackThis and SpyBotSD make an excellent job of scanning the registry for
>> unwanted start-up applications, as well as performing the rest of their
>> respective functions for which they are more commonly known.
>>
>> ==
>>
>> Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "David B." <mail(a)nomail.net> wrote in message
>> news:ePdSBXpnKHA.5552(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>> Spybot is an anti malware application, not something that would try to install
>>> without your knowledge, spyware is the term your looking for.
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> "French Quarter" <French.Quarter(a)tulane.edu> wrote in message
>>> news:472209C2-842E-4D89-8750-452F266E041A(a)microsoft.com...
>>>> Registry Startup Program
>>>>
>>>> If this the best group for Windows XP Malware or Spybot questions?
>>>>
>>>> Is there a Registry Startup Program that will list the RUN or Startup things in
>>>> the XP Home Registry? Something that will help you locate if there is Malware
>>>> or Spybot trying to reinstall ? Or trying to Startup?
>>>>
>>>> What are your recommendations?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks from the New Orleans French Quarter
>>>
>>
>

From: French Quarter on
Tim, my ancestors are from Engliand, Blue Blooded but besides the Spybot
problem Im having problems getting Americans to call my Sir Prince Adams ??

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Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)

From: Tim Meddick on
Mr "Quarter",
I am at a complete loss over what you were trying to say in your
last post.

Plus, as to why you felt the need to steal my sig...

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)




"French Quarter" <French.Quarter(a)tulane.edu> wrote in message
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> Tim, my ancestors are from Engliand, Blue Blooded but besides the Spybot problem
> Im having problems getting Americans to call my Sir Prince Adams ??
>
> ==
>
> Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)