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I got a whole mess of nasty spyware on my computer. I finally got most of it off except for one item that requires Spybot to start up after a reboot. Soybot used to do this, but it just quit working. I also noticed that Ad-Aware also will not start up this way. Any ideas?
md usa spybot fan
2006-01-17, 22:57
When you schedule Spybot to "Run program once at next system startup" the following entry is added to the system registry:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce]
"SpybotSnD"="\"C:\\Program Files\\Spybot - Search & Destroy\\SpybotSD.exe\""
The user that attempts to add that entry must have authority to add that entry.
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As an alternative you could reboot your system in Safe mode, run Spybot-S&D while in Safe mode and see if you can fix the problems that Spybot detected.
If Spybot-S&D still fails to remove the problems, consider requesting assistance in the Malware Removal forum.
Follow the instructions here:
Before you post a log
http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=288
Then post in the following forum:
Malware Removal
http://forums.spybot.info/forumdisplay.php?f=22
It does not work in safe mode or normal mode. It asks if I want it to run on the next startup, I say yes and it does not run after rebooting. This used to work.
I have completely uninstalled Spybot and reinstalled it and it still does not work. Ad-Aware also does not run on syatem start when it should.
Hi. :)
BooBoo has a topic in the malware forum now.
http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=1842