Detection of an "important registry change"

[gcbrown]

Help. I just received a spybot pop-up notifying me that "an important registry entry had been changed. Specifically: Category "Winlogon Notifier"; the change was "Value Added"; the entry was avgrsstarter. Do I accept or deny? :banghead: Also should I check the box indicating "remember this decision"?

Will appreciate any help you can offer. I am an old geezer who is having difficulty coping with this modern technology.

 

[drragostea]

You can safely allow this.
http://forums.spybot.info/showpost.php?p=285348&postcount=13
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[gcbrown]

Many thanks but......

I really appreciate the response. But how would someone like me know whether to accept or deny changes like that, other than by posting a question and having someone like you guide me. Are there any guidelines I could bone up on?

 

[spybotsandra]

Hello,

If you surf the web and without any user interaction the teatimer pops up and warns about a registry change it is better to "deny", but if you install something by yourself it is OK to "allow" the change.
The tutorial (point 8) on our homepage should also help explaining:
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/tutorial/index.html

Best regards
Sandra
Team Spybot

 

[gcbrown]

Oops

Sorry Team Spybot. Many thanks for the info. I shall in future use the forum.