Re: ShopTalk: Computer, not golf

[tflan]

Yeah, maybe so, but it pisses me off that I can't get rid of it. Every part of the thing, whatever the hell it is, is gone from the computer. I was on drugstore.com site a couple days ago and the screen flickered, and a warning came up. "Danger" or something like that. I didn't pay much attention to it until I got off line. Then I see a shortcut to some friggin' porno site on my screen, and another thing on the tool bar. I clicked on the toolbar thing and the modem went into action. I shut the computer down instantly and rebooted. I dragged the shortcut to the wastebasket and went to msconfig/startup. There, on the startup menu was this .exe file. I unchecked it and started a folder search. Found one called "dial up" or something like that. Deleted it. Rebooted. Did another search for any combination of words in the startup menu. Couldn't find another instance of it, but its still on the startup page. I realize it can't run since everything assoctiated with it has been deleted, but it still pisses me off.   This "thing" got on my machine in less than a couple of seconds. It isn't a virus. Norton's latest updates scanned the computer and found nothing. I don't know what a "trojan" is - a virus, I suppose, but this .exe file sure got on my machine in a big hurry.   TFlan   ----- Original Message ----- From: Corey Bailey To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, February 02, 2003 8:36 PM Subject: Re: ShopTalk: Computer, not golf Once you have un-checked the box in front of the line of copy, that command is no longer loaded. If just having the unused command line there still bothers you, you should see the clutter left in your registry. You can always have Norton System Works (or like software) clean up your registry but, as far as I know, you aint gonna get rid of that line in your start up menu anytime soon. Besides, you got better things to do with your time that is left than worry about dust bunnies in your start up menu. CB At 05:40 PM 2/2/2003 -0800, you wrote: HI;   Got a problem. Maybe a windows guru can help. I have a line of typing on my startup menu I want to get rid of. This isn't the "Start" button at the bottom of the tool bar. Its the one I get when I type "run/msconfig/startup" I've removed the program from the computer, I've run every "find" function I can think of, and I've unchecked the box at the head of the line of print. I want to get rid of the printed line as well. I've tried highlighting and deleting but it doesn't do anything.   How can I get rid of this line of type?   TIA   TFlan