Warning messages when turning the PC on

[insane_in_da_membrane]

On starting the PC, I get 2 messages saying "<file name> could not be detected". They appear to have been spyware or something which Norton removed, and it doesn't appear to have affected the running of my PC so I want to know how to stop the messages popping up every time I start the PC. The OS is win2k pro


cheers

[Flayer]

I'm not sure, but maybe it's something in autoexec.bat (if it's still being used on win2k)
I could be talking out of my arse though

[flapjack]

check your registry, those files have links into the registry and because of that windows tries to boot them up every time your computer starts.

It is possible to manually remove those links, tough it's difficult and if you do something wrong you'll be forced to format/reinstall your computer.

There should also be programs on the internet that can look into your registry, find the dead links and remove them without damaging your computer.

I'm btw not very experienced in any of these things as i use a proper virus scanner and spyware killer that also remove registry links to files

[JetLinus]

Start, -> Run, type "regedit", Enter
Then navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, Software, Microsoft, Windows, CurrentVersion, Run
or HKEY_CURRENT_USER, etc
Look for your filenames in those registry keys and remove the according entries.

[Intrepid00]

Start>Run Type MSConfig

Under startup tab it will tell you what is launching at startup and where the key is stored in the registry so you can remove it.