Popups when staring up

[mattbeckwith]

I get about 15 popups every time my computer starts up. Some of them say that a change was allowed, some of them say that a change was denied.

Why does this happen every time I boot the computer? Does that mean that I have parasites which are still somewhere inside my computer attempting to make changes? If so, why didn't Spybot get rid of those parasites when it detected them?

If they're just programs which are legitimate but attempting to do something I denied, how can I find out which programs are attempting these changes?

Thanks.

 

[md usa spybot fan]

mattbeckwith:

Try refreshing TeaTimer's snapshots files and see if that gets rid of some of the messages you are getting at startup.

TeaTimer takes snapshots of Registry entries and compares these with the Registry at startup. Until these snapshots are updated you are likely to get pop-ups (at startup) of changes you made in the past. In other words, TeaTimer attempts to return the Registry to the state it was in when the snapshots were taken. This happens primarily when you reboot the system. To refresh TeaTimer's snapshot files:

• Right click Spybot's TeaTimer System Tray Icon > click Exit Spybot-S&D Resident.
  • TeaTimer closes.
  • TeaTimer's snapshot files are refreshed at this time.
• Restart TeaTimer:
  • Using Windows Explorer, navigate to C:\Program Files\Spybot - Search & Destroy.
  • Double click TeaTimer.exe to start it.

This is speculation, but I believe this behavior is because of the following:

• It appears that when TeaTimer starts the snapshot files are read into memory and maintained there. The snapshot files only appear to be rewritten when TeaTimer closes. During system shutdown (or restart) it appears that TeaTimer is terminated before it has a chance to rewrite the snapshot files.

 

[mattbeckwith]

That worked beautifully. Thank-you.

Now I'd like to request that you submit an enhancement request to the powers that be to fix this problem.

Thanks.