Windows Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Examples - v5.62, by Dr. Herong Yang
Getting a List of Startup Programs Using HijackThis
This section provides a tutorial example on how to get a list of startup programs that are running on your Windows system using HijackThis.
The best way to get a list of startup programs that are running on the system is to use run a HijackThis report. See other chapters on how to install and run HijackThis.
Here is the O4 section, list of startup programs, of my HijackThis report:
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [MsmqIntCert] regsvr32 /s mqrt.dll
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SoundMAXPnP] C:\Program Files\Analog Devices\Core
\smax4pnp.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SoundMAX] C:\Program Files\Analog Devices\SoundMAX
\Smax4.exe /tray
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [AccelerometerSysTrayApplet] C:\WINDOWS\system32
\AccelerometerSt.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SynTPEnh] C:\Program Files\Synaptics\SynTP
\SynTPEnh.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [QlbCtrl] %ProgramFiles%\Hewlett-Packard\HP Quick
Launch Buttons\QlbCtrl.exe /Start
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Cpqset] C:\Program Files\HPQ\Default Settings
\cpqset.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Recguard] C:\WINDOWS\Sminst\Recguard.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Reminder] C:\WINDOWS\Creator\Remind_XP.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Scheduler] C:\WINDOWS\SMINST\Scheduler.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [ATICCC] "C:\Program Files\ATI Technologies\ATI.ACE
\cli.exe" runtime -Delay
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [ShStatEXE] "C:\Program Files\Network Associates
\VirusScan\SHSTAT.EXE" /STANDALONE
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [KernelFaultCheck] %systemroot%\system32\dumprep
0 -k
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [BaiduXUpdate] "C:\Program Files\Baidu\BaiduX
\MovieUpdate.exe" --Update
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SunJavaUpdateSched] "C:\Program Files\Java
\jre1.6.0_03\bin\jusched.exe"
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [swg] C:\Program Files\Google\GoogleToolbarNotifier
\1.2.1128.5462\GoogleToolbarNotifier.exe
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [Yahoo! Pager] "C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Messenger
\YahooMessenger.exe" -quiet
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [NetZero_uoltray] C:\Program Files\NetZero\exec.exe
regrun
O4 - Startup: OpenOffice.org 2.2.lnk = C:\Program Files\OpenOffice.org
2.2\program\quickstart.exe
O4 - Global Startup: Google Updater.lnk = C:\Program Files\Google
\Google Updater\GoogleUpdater.exe
O4 - Global Startup: Microsoft Office.lnk = C:\Program Files\Microsoft
Office\Office\OSA9.EXE
O4 - Global Startup: Monitor Apache Servers.lnk = C:\local\apache\bin
\ApacheMonitor.exe
O4 - Global Startup: 百度下吧.lnk = C:\Program Files\Baidu\BaiduX
\BaiduX.exe
Another way to see the list of startup programs on your system is to run "msconfig.exe" and click the "Startup" tab.
In the next sections, I review and remove some of those startup programs that I don't need to run them at system startup time.
Table of Contents
Introduction to Microsoft Windows
Introduction to Windows Explorer
Introduction to Internet Explorer
"Paint" Program and Computer Graphics
GIMP - GNU Image Manipulation Program
JPEG Image File Format Quality and Size
GIF Image File Format and Transparent Background
"WinZip" - ZIP File Compression Tool
"WinRAR" - RAR and ZIP File Compression Tool
FTP Server, Client and Commands
"FileZilla" - Free FTP Client and Server
Web Server Log Files and Analysis Tool - "Analog"
Spyware Adware Detection and Removal
IE Addon Program Listing and Removal
Vundo (VirtuMonde/VirtuMundo) - vtsts.dll Removal
Trojan and Malware "Puper" Description and Removal
VSToolbar (VSAdd-in.dll) - Description and Removal
Spybot - Spyware Blocker, Detection and Removal
Setting Up and Using Crossover Cable Network
Home Network Gateway - DSL Modem/Wireless Router
Windows Task Manager - The System Performance Tool
"tasklist" Command Line Tool to List Process Information
"msconfig" - System Configuration Tool
Configuring and Managing System Services
Windows Registry Key and Value Management Tools
►Startup Programs Removal for Better System Performance
System Extremely Slow - Bad Startup Programs
►Getting a List of Startup Programs Using HijackThis
Startup Program Configuration - System Registry
Startup Program Configuration - User Startup Folder
Removing ApacheMonitor.exe as a Startup Program
Removing BaiduX.exe as a Startup Program
Removing OpenOffice quickstart.exe as a Startup Program
Removing Microsoft Office OSA9.exe as a Startup Program
Removing GoogleUpdater.exe as a Startup Program
Removing NetZero exec.exe as a Startup Program
Removing YahooMessenger.exe as a Startup Program
Removing GoogleToolbarNotifier.exe as a Startup Program