Re: WinRar self-extracting archive

From: aa (aa_at_aa.com)
Date: 02/05/05 

Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2005 00:36:36 +0300

Thanks,
Indeed out of 12 entries there I do understand what half of them is doing
there. Yet they might be nessessary. If I disable half of them, is there a
chance that XP would not start at all?

"Rock" <rock@mail.nospam.net> ???????/???????? ? ???????? ?????????:
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> aa wrote:
>
> > Every time I start XP a message pops up:
> > WinRar self-extracting archive
> > extracting mtu.bat
> > cannot create mtu.bat
> > extracting re12.reg
> > extracting blank.html
> > extracting rell.REG
> >
> > (I have no WinRar installed at all)
> > Then IE starts saying it cannot open blank.html
> > and a DOS prompt window appears as well as another error mesage "some
files
> > cannot be created. Close all applications, reboot Windows"
> >
> > I close all these the computer works fine. But it happens all the time
> >
> > How do I get rid of it?
>
> Go to Start | Run. Type in Msconfig, click ok. On the startup tab look
> around for a line that wants to run something, something you don't
> recognize, and uncheck it. If you can't identify the culprit by
> looking at the entries do some clean boot troubleshooting, by disabling
> 1/2 of the entries on the startup tab. Reboot and see if the problem is
> still there or not. If not, go back to msconfig, recheck that 1/2 and
> uncheck the other half. Once you identify which half, half it again
> until you find the culprit.
>
> How to Troubleshoot By Using the Msconfig Utility in Windows XP
> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310560
>
> How to perform advanced clean-boot troubleshooting in Windows XP
> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=316434
>
> Might be a good idea to do a thorough scan for malware too.
>
> http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
> http://rgharper.mvps.org/cleanit.htm
> http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
> http://www.spywareinfo.com
>

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