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re: Question about 'How do I stop a program from running whenever I start Windows?'
Monday, September 23, 2002 at 12:18 am Windows 95 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by ian
(1 messages posted)
Thanks! your advice was very helpful for me in fixing this problem!
On Saturday, April 20, 2002 at 9:15 am, bob wrote:
>Jethomepage is an unethical organization who wants to hijack your
>browser and take you to their site. They think we will just be
>nice and go along like sheep.
>
>They insert a key into your registry under
>localmachine/software/microsoft/windows/currentversion/run
>the key name is sp, and the value is
>regedit -s c:\Windows\sp.reg
>DELETE THIS KEY.
>You can also delete sp.reg and sp.dll from your Windows folder.
>
>The effect of their little trick is to reset the registry each time
>you startup or logon, and keep their shabby little search page in
>your face. The effect of their registry settings, at least in my
>case, was to open their rotten little search window as a lefthand
>panel in MSIE, then maximize my browser and goof up my toolbars.
>Deleting the key stops the program from running upon startup/logon.
>
>The domain is registered to
> Asher Nahmias importx@hotmail.com
> P.O.B : 2273
> Ashdod, israel 77122
> 972-52-202736
>
>You may wish to discuss this with Mr. Nahmias.
>
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