Now, as a test, click another key in the Registry
tree, and then flip back to the Run key where you just
made your change. Is the entry still gone? If not, you may be
dealing with malware that knows how to repair itself, and
you??™ll likely have to use one of the tools listed in ???Viruses,
Malware, and Spyware,??? earlier in this chapter.
5. Restart your system, and look for abnormalities (as well as normalities).
If all is well, you can probably discard the removed entries.
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If you don??™t feel like looking in all these places separately, but you also don??™t
feel comfortable ignoring them, open the Performance Information and
Tools page in Control Panel and click the Manage Startup Programs link on
the left to open the Windows Defender Software Explorer. You can also try
a program like Startup Control Panel, available for free from http://www.
mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml. Among other things, it has a ???Recycle Bin??? of
sorts that lets you easily recover recently axed Startup programs.
Check Your Drive for Errors with Chkdsk
The Chkdsk utility??”chkdsk.exe, pronounced ???check disk??? for those who
enjoy pronouncing program executable filenames??”scans your hard disk for
errors and optionally fixes any it finds. To run Chkdsk, open a Command
Prompt window (cmd.exe), type chkdsk at the prompt, and press Enter.
File errors??”one of the problems Chkdsk can detect and fix
??”are also capable of preventing Windows from booting.
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