Nail.exe

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When I start my computer I get a message that windows cannot find nail.exe.
This file was identified as a virus and deleted. How do I find out what
program is trying to open nail.exe so I can delete it?

 

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From: "jsandkh" <jsandkh@discussions.microsoft.com>

| When I start my computer I get a message that windows cannot find nail.exe.
| This file was identified as a virus and deleted. How do I find out what
| program is trying to open nail.exe so I can delete it?

Execute; MSCONFIG.EXE

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[Paul]

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"jsandkh" <jsandkh@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news1D51AC4-BE3D-40B7-B879-982319E0B9EF@microsoft.com...
> When I start my computer I get a message that windows cannot find
> nail.exe.
> This file was identified as a virus and deleted. How do I find out what
> program is trying to open nail.exe so I can delete it?

Sounds like a program set to run at start up....

http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/Autoruns.html should find it.