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re: Question about 'How do I stop a program from running whenever I start Windows?'
Monday, March 10, 2003 at 10:31 pm
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Posted by Ms. Eagle (32221 messages posted)



W32.dss.Trojan:
Openme.exe.... It's an advertising trojan and according to the below website, it 
can try to install a web dialer. 

Try the instr. below, and post back, if you still have problems. "Be sure to export 
the key" before you delete it, if you're not used to editing the registry. Use caution.

Follow up with an online scan at either one of these links.

Panda Active Scan

Trend Micro Housecall

Remove Openme.exe:

Symantec-W32.dss.trojan

Go to Start/run, and type Regedit.
You'll see an Windows-Explorer type interface.
Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\current version\Winlogon.
 
Click on it once, in order to highlight it, and to display its contents in the right 
pane. You'll see a 'default' value Shell=Explorer.exe Openme.exe. Right click it, 
and choose 'rename'. Edit it so it reads Shell=Explorer.exe exclusively, close Regedit, 
and reboot.

http://www.cexx.org/adware.htm







Written in response to:
Question about 'How do I stop a program from running whenever I start Windows?' (James C.: Monday, March 10, 2003 at 9:03 pm)

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*re: Question about 'How do I stop a program from running whenever I start Windows?' (James C.: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 at 12:00 am)

All messages in this thread [show all]
-Question about 'How do I stop a program from running whenever I start Windows?' (James C.: Mon, Mar 10, 2003, 9:03 pm)
-re: Question about 'How do I stop a program from running whenever I start Windows?' (Ms. Eagle: Mon, Mar 10, 2003, 10:31 pm)
-re: Question about 'How do I stop a program from running whenever I start Windows?' (James C.: Tue, Mar 11, 2003, 12:00 am)
-re: Question about 'How do I stop a program from running whenever I start Windows?' (Ms. Eagle: Tue, Mar 11, 2003, 12:13 am)
-re: Question about 'How do I stop a program from running whenever I start Windows?' (James C.: Tue, Mar 11, 2003, 12:18 am)
*Run Spybot S&D, etc. :) (n/t) (Ms. Eagle: Tue, Mar 11, 2003, 12:25 am)
*Spybot S&D instructions... (Ms. Eagle: Tue, Mar 11, 2003, 12:18 am)
-And also..... (JmC: Mon, Mar 10, 2003, 10:40 pm)
-re: And also..... (James C.: Tue, Mar 11, 2003, 12:03 am)
*re: And also..... (retired: Tue, Mar 11, 2003, 5:14 am)
*re: Question about 'How do I stop a program from running whenever I start Windows?' (Balaji Subbaraman: Mon, Mar 10, 2003, 10:40 pm)
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