thesnake Posted April 18, 2006 Share Posted April 18, 2006 Hi...after i reinstalled winxp pro 2002 and i installed winantyspyware i gota note from winantyspyware that this program: (wextract_cleanup0:rundll32.exe) is added to my Startup Registry_ it looks to me like a winxp file cos its dated 2002 but i never remeber that i saw it befor...can i please have some idea on it since it has a self extractor exe file at system32 folder ....and am not sure what to do with it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenix Posted April 18, 2006 Share Posted April 18, 2006 HKLM..RunOnce: [wextract_cleanup0] rundll32.exe C:WINDOWSSYSTEMadvpack.dll,DelNodeRunDLL32"C:WINDOWSTEMPIXP000.TMP"Looks like a "delete the install files" execution..After installation install files from a temp directory get erased.the C:WINDOWSTEMPIXP000.TMP directory which is used by windows for installation is erased..Looks nothing to worry about to me.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesnake Posted April 19, 2006 Author Share Posted April 19, 2006 yes ure right..its onl i got paranoia when i read this on my winantyspyware notice after a clean install: advpack.dll i thought the adv has somthing to do with advertise (ad aware) malware things... but when i looked at the date the file was created it was dated with the windows files i am using winxx2002 si i figured its a win genuen copyed file . thx anyway.. as i told you i am very carfull with my pc because i want it to keep the good preformance in the games i playe...so i allwayes keep awy from possible infected eria... the net is becomming an impossible place for a good pc to live in... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyborg Posted April 19, 2006 Share Posted April 19, 2006 Please don't mix up adware with Ad-Aware. Ad-Aware is a program you use to get rid of adware.So there's a very big difference between adware and Ad-Aware. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veK Posted April 19, 2006 Share Posted April 19, 2006 they chose a pretty stupid name, something like adware remover/crusher/cleaner... would have been better than ad-aware which sounds pretty much like adware. okay, that's maybe the reason why they named it like this - but in a world where most people have absolutely no idea what they are doing (I mean the pc-world) you shouldn't do wordplays or anything like this, it just confuses people... especially the ones who will need the program the most: thos who have no idea what they are doing ;Das for me... I can differ between adware and ad-aware - but I also never needed that program. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesnake Posted April 20, 2006 Author Share Posted April 20, 2006 well yes ure right and i dont mix between them it was a spelling mistack..i olso dont use it because i use windows anty spy ware.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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