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More info?)
It's actually under ". . . Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices"
There under name it's identified as A3CD58E4.
The file location is C:\Windows\System32\ovucrjjonwtah.exe
Safe to remove it from the registry?
Lee
"axis" <nospam@nospam.org> wrote in message
news:BJ-dnW-gZrPCIbbfRVn-gA@comcast.com...
> The entry is most likely in
>
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentControlSet\Run
>
> run regedit, browse to that location, delete the entry.
>
> "Bert Kinney" <bert@NSmvps.org> wrote in message
> news:%23P$zKyoIFHA.2976@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>> Hi Lee,
>>
>> The file was most likely removed by Norton, but location of where it is
>> stating from was not cleaned up.
>> In msconfig on the Startup tab look at location and post it here so we
>> can find out where to stop it from trying to load.
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>> Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS]
>> http://dts-l.org/
>>
>>
>> Lee Miller wrote:
>>> Even though the reference under the startup tab is to
>>> C:\Windows\System32\ovucrjjonwtah.exe, when I use
>>> Explorer to look for that file (with "show hidden files"
>>> selected), it's not in that location. I used the
>>> "search" function to look for it on the C drive, and it
>>> didn't find a file by that name.
>>> So I guess the item in the startup list is referring to a
>>> file that's not there . . .
>>>
>>> When I uncheck the item and restart the computer, I get a
>>> message that the computer is starting in "diagnostic
>>> mode". Is there any way just to remove this item from
>>> the startup tab, rather than simply un-checking it?
>>> Lee
>>>
>>> "Phillips" <afn18721@ufl.edu> wrote in message
>>> news:OP%23Z3sgIFHA.2136@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>>>> Did you try HijackThis - might tell you what file it is.
>>>> Anyways, just disable it in Msconfig/Startup and see
>>>> what program does not work afterwards. Probably is a
>>>> random generated file name - you might have some smart
>>>> virus or spyware somwhere. Michael
>>>> "Lee Miller" <LeeM1023@msn.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:enkG9xfIFHA.2648@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>>>>> When I run msconfig, under the startup tab there is a
>>>>> file called: ovucrjjonwtah.exe
>>>>>
>>>>> This is a HP Pavilion notebook . . . it seems like
>>>>> there are a lot of items in the startup list and
>>>>> several of them I can't identify, but this one just has
>>>>> an "odd" look that makes me nervous. Anyone know what
>>>>> it might be? I've run a current virus scan (Norton),
>>>>> and Ad-Aware and Spybot S&D scans haven't targeted it. Lee
>>
>>
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