I have a question about How do I stop a program from running whenever I start Windows?:

Every time I start my computer a box comes up that says "can not find openme.exe". I want to know how to prevent that from coming up. Any help is appreciated. Thanks James C.

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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

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........check these if necessary. Running SpyBot on your system would be a good idea. SpyBot Then check the following possibility. Select START/RUN, type MSCONFIG in the 'Open' box and press enter. When SCU opens, click the 'System.ini' tab. Next expand the boot entry at the top of the list. Look at the line shell=Explorer.exe...... If the line shows as shell=Explorer.exe openme.exe, highlight the entry and click the 'Edit' button. Now edit the line to read shell=Explorer.exe, click 'Apply' then 'OK' and reboot when prompted. For every computer problem, there is a neat, simple solution; and it is not always correct.

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Hi James, You can do the foll:- go to start->run, there type msconfig.exe. A box opens up. Click on the startup tab and uncheck any application u don not want to start when windows loads. But be careful not to uncheck applications absolutely necessary for starting windows. Cheers...


On Monday, March 10, 2003 at 9:03 pm, James C. wrote:
>I have a question about How
>do I stop a program from running whenever I start Windows?:

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>Every time I start my computer a box comes up that says "can not find openme.exe".
> I want to know how to prevent that from coming up. Any help is appreciated.
>Thanks
>James C.

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Thanks for your help. I followed you instructions but in the line "shell=..." the text openme does not appear. Is there anything else I can do? Thanks again James C.


On Monday, March 10, 2003 at 10:31 pm, Carol wrote:

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>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
>
>
>
>

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Thanks for your help. The "shell..." line did not have the text openme.exe in it. Is there anything else I can do. Thanks Again James C


On Monday, March 10, 2003 at 10:40 pm, JmC wrote:
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> > >........check these if necessary. > >Running SpyBot on your system would be a good idea. color='blue'>SpyBot > >Then check the following possibility. > >Select START/RUN, type MSCONFIG in the 'Open' box and press enter. When SCU >opens, click the 'System.ini' tab. Next expand the boot entry at the top of >the list. Look at the line shell=Explorer.exe...... If the line shows as >shell=Explorer.exe openme.exe, highlight the entry and click the 'Edit' button. >Now edit the line to read shell=Explorer.exe, click 'Apply' then 'OK' and >reboot when prompted. > > src=http://www2.incredimail.com/contents/animations/bounce/m_md_clr.gif> >For every computer problem, there is a neat, >simple solution; and it is not always correct. > > >

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If it's not there, it's not there. Just run an online virus scan for good measure 
and Spybot Search and Destroy, as JmC suggested. That should take care of things.

When you run Spybot S&D, just remove the items in RED, the spyware junk only.
    

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After installing, go to the Online tab, and search for and install all updates. 

Next, go to the Settings tab > File Sets, and uncheck 'System Internals' and 'Tracks.' 
You can always experiment with them later on. Just scan for the spybots for now. 
After closing your browser, run the scan, then click 'Check All', and have SpyBot 
remove all it finds. 

Note: SSD will sometimes not be able to remove all active components on the first 
'fix'. You will then get a dialog asking you to run SSD at next start. Click yes 
and reboot. SSD will then come up before the system puts these components 'in use'. 
You will then be able to 'fix' everything.

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This was refered to as a Trojan that has to do with a dial up program. About six months ago I had a problem with a dial up. I got a good virus software and it removed the trojan. But at start up there is something still trying to launch the dial up. The box that comes up says "can not find openme.exe" and when I hit ok the box goes away and my system. I am trying to find a way to keep that box from coming up. Any ideas? Thanks again. I appreciate your time James C


On Tuesday, March 11, 2003 at 12:13 am, Carol wrote:

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>If it's not there, it's not there. Just run an online virus scan for good measure 
>and Spybot Search and Destroy, as JmC suggested. That should take care of things.
>
>When you run Spybot S&D, just remove the items in RED, the spyware junk only.
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Did you run SpyBot (or new version of AdAware)?  They should fcx the problem - as 
JmC indicated, the openme reference MAY be shown in msconfig (and then again it may 
not - such is the behavior of Trojans)






On Tuesday, March 11, 2003 at 12:03 am, James C. wrote:
>Thanks for your help.  The "shell..." line did not have the text openme.exe in it. 
> Is there anything else I can do.
>Thanks Again
>James C
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