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    • Removing spyware and optimizing your PC with Autoruns

    Posted by toxicle on 10th July 2006 in Security, Software, Weblog, Windows

    Autoruns
    If you think that you have total control of autostart processes with “msconfig”, you are dead wrong. You may do it via regedit if you know all the keys. There are more ways which you don’t even know spyware can attach themselves and make it almost impossible to remove. This is also a great app for optimizing your PC.

    Autoruns shows you just that. You’ll be amazed by the number of useless executables launched automatically by default. It has the most comprehensive knowledge of auto-starting locations of any startup monitor, shows you what programs are configured to run during system bootup or login, and shows you the entries in the order Windows processes them. These programs include ones in your startup folder, Run, RunOnce, and other Registry keys.

    When paired with Process Explorer, the dynamic duo does wonders. Be sure to understand each process and their dependencies before disabling them or you will end up with a non usable system. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.

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    3 Comments so far

    1. Terenceg on July 10th, 2006

      tenkiu… my office’s comp currently running at pentium 1 speed while the processor states p4,. mch mch

    2. earl-ku on July 10th, 2006

      i still prefer the old-school method of “regedit”

      then drill down to

      /current user/software/microsoft/windows/current version/run

      or

      /local machine/software/microsoft/windows/current version/run

      then the other part would be the Program Files folder/Startup

      i think thats all …

    3. toxicle on July 10th, 2006

      earl-ku: Sorry to break your bubble but you’re only 10% right.

      What about
      HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server\Wds\rdpwd\StartupPrograms

      HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\SharedTaskScheduler
      HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ShellServiceObjectDelayLoad
      HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services

      HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\BootExecute
      Not forgetting the pesky IE BHO and URLsearchhooks

      HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects

      HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\UrlSearchHooks

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