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You've got to get rd of all that spyware. I cannot imagine Ad-Aware is not telling you about these issues. Try Hijackthis. That will catch almost all of them. The updater.lnk is put there by one of these spywares (malwares). Which one I have no idea.
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George Hester
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"Max" <Max@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:C27E3197-BA24-4DEE-B41D-9F54CE24C377@microsoft.com...
> George,
>
> We run virus checks and spyware programs (Lavasoft's Ad-Aware). How do we
> clear this spyware and how do we get rid of the original problem with
> updater.lnk??
>
> Max
>
>
>
> "George Hester" wrote:
>
> > you are spyware central man
> >
> > --
> > George Hester
> > _________________________________
> > "Max" <Max@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:99A6836D-E3EB-4AEE-B48D-3BE3393E5E0B@microsoft.com...
> > > In HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run:
> > > Default REG_SZ (value not set)
> > > Buddyizer REG_SZ C:\Program Files\Aimster\Buddyizer.exe
> > > FileFreedom_PlugIn REG_SZ C:\Program Files\FileFreedom\wtm.exe
> > > SurfSideKick 2 REG-SZ C:\Program Files\SurfSideKick 2\Ssk.exe
> > > Tsa REG_SZ C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\tsa\tsm.exe
> > > TWCApp REG_SZ C:\Program Files\The Weather Channel\The
> > > Weather Channel.exe
> > >
> > > In HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run:
> > > Default REG_SZ (value not set)
> > > 1ktmac93 REG_SZ C:\Program Files\1ktmac93\1ktmac93.exe
> > > 2wSysTray REG_SZ C:\Program Files\2Wire\2PortalMon.exe
> > > ATIPTA REG_SZ atitpaxx.exe
> > > BPT REG_SZ C:\Program Files\Bpt\bpt.exe
> > > DI2 REG_SZ
> > > C:\DOCUME~1\Fred\LOCALS~1\Temp\27.exe\27.exe
> > > FlenCPY REG_SZ C:\Program Files\Common
> > > Files\Java\flencpy.exe
> > > Grokster REG_SZ C:\PROGRA~1\Grokster\Grokster.exe/SYSTRAY
> > > HPDJ Taskbar Utility REG_SZ
> > > C:\WINNT\System32\spool\drivers\w32x86\hpztsb04.exe
> > > LabtecKB REG_SZ C:\Program Files\Labtec\Labtec
> > > Keyboard-Desktop....
> > > Nsv REG_SZ C:\WINNT\System32\nsvsvc\nsvsvc.exe
> > > picsvr REG_SZ C:\WINNT\System32\picsvr\picsvr.exe
> > > QuickTime Task REG_SZ "C:\Program Files\QuickTime\qttask.exe"
> > > -atboottime
> > > REGSHAVE REG_SZ C:\Program Files\REGSHAVE\REGSHAVE.EXE /AUTORUN
> > > SurfSideKick 2 REG-SZ C:\Program Files\SurfSideKick 2\Ssk.exe
> > > Syncronization Manager REG_SZ mobsync.exe /logon
> > > SZMsgSvc.exe REG_SZ C:\Program Files\STOPzilla!\SZMsgSvc.exe
> > > WINSTA~1.EXE REG_SZ C:\WINNT\System\WINSTA~1.EXE -b
> > >
> > > I think it is probably in the QuickTime Task item. What now?
> > > PS - Thanks for hanging in with me. This has taken some time to do.
> > > Max
> > >
> > > "George Hester" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Tell me what is in the keys in the registry. You can save them in the same fashion as I told you earlier. You open them with Notepad. Do NOT double-click them. You want to right-click Edit. These keys and post the result back here:
> > > >
> > > > HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
> > > > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > George Hester
> > > > _________________________________
> > > > "Max" <Max@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:45F81FDB-C5B1-43D3-8EDA-69CA82ADAA9A@microsoft.com...
> > > > > What does it mean when I get an error message at start up that Windows can
> > > > > not find the file updater.lnk? How can I fix this problem?
> > > > > The other computer here does not have this file and does not get this error
> > > > > message.
> > > >
> > > >
> >
> >