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Startup programs categories:
  • Startup programs category - unknown program - unknown program.
    Recommendation: Search for more information about this program.

  • Startup programs category - not required or harmful - not required or harmful.
    Recommendation: Delete this program from startup.

  • Startup programs category - not required - can be disabled - not required - can be disabled.
    Recommendation: Disable or delete this program from startup.

  • Startup programs category - user's choice - user's choice.
    Recommendation: If not needed in background, delete or temporarily disable its startup configuration entry and start program manually if required.

  • Startup programs category - normal to run at start-up - normal to run at start-up.
    Recommendation: Don't delete this program from startup.
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unknown program | virus or spyware | not required in startup | user's choice | required in startup
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Type Caption Section File name Description
not required in startup Access Ramp Monitor armon32.exe Monitors your progress on the internet; hang-ups, connection speeds, internet congestion and traffic flow. It prevents some games from running also. To disable the Access Ramp Monitor (1) Open Windows Explorer (2) Open the Program Files folder (3) Open the MindSpring folder (4) Open the AccessRamp folder (5) Double-click on the ARMCfg32.exe file (6) Uncheck Enable Dialup Monitor and click OK (7) Restart the computer and try again
virus or spyware AclService AclService C:\Windows\System32\aclservice.exe, and C:\Windows\Downloaded Program Files\acl.inf.
not required in startup ADQuickAccess Adtray.exe After Dark for Windows. Screen saver creation program produced before screen savers became integrated into Win95
user AdSubtract adsub.exe AdSubtract blocks ads, cookies, pop-up windows, animations, music, and more. Can be disabled from within AdSubtract. Available via Start - Programs
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user allSnap allSnap.exe allSnap is a small system tray app that makes all top level windows automatically align like they do in programs such as Winamp or Photoshop
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not required in startup ares ares.exe Ares is "a Windows program that enables peer-to-peer file-sharing on the Ares P2P network. As a member of the P2P community you can search and download any file shared by other users. You can meet new friends in Ares chatrooms while you download"
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not required in startup areslite AresLite.exe Ares Lite Edition is "a Windows program that enables peer-to-peer file-sharing on the Ares P2P network. As a member of the P2P community you can search and download any file shared by other users. You can meet new friends in Ares chatrooms while you download"
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virus or spyware b3d BDEsecureinstall.exe B3d Projector foistware - periodically trys to access the internet. (1) Uninstall it via Start -> Settings -> Control Panel -> Add/Remove Programs. (2) Remove the BDEsecureinstall.exe if still present in C:\\Windows\\System. (3) Disable and ideally delete it from the registry. (4) Remove the "BDE" directory and all its contents
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virus or spyware b3dUpdate Zupdate.exe B3d Projector foistware - periodically trys to access the internet. (1) Uninstall it via Start - Settings - Control Panel - Add/Remove Programs. (2) Remove the BDEsecureinstall.exe if still present in C:\Windows\System. (3) Disable and ideally delete it from the registry. (4) Remove the "BDE" directory and all its contents
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required in startup BootSkin Startup Jobs BootSkin.exe Stardock BootSkin is a program that allows users to change their Windows 2000 and Windows XP boot screens.
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user bpcpost.exe bpcpost.exe MS TV Viewer Post Setup Program. Part of MS WebTV for Windows. Used to display TV on your PC via a compatible video card with in-built tuner (such as ATI All-In-Wonder). If you don't use it - uninstall it
user Browser Sentinel BrowserSentinel.exe Browser Sentinel. Notifies you if a program wants to penetrate into Internet explorer, add itself to the Windows auto-run list or change your home page. See here
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virus or spyware CacheLoader [random] Troj/Dloader-IX will download the [random] file to the Windows folder, sub-folder "Cache". That done, it moves to "Security iGuard.exe", found in the Program Files folder.
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user cameno Cameno.exe Cameno is a program which brings tabbed windows to MSN Messenger 6.0 and above
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user CoolSwitch taskswitch.exe ALT+TAB replacement Powertoy for Windows XP - enhances the graphics displayed when you want to switch between programs running full-screen
user Customizer2000 logon.exe Automatic logon feature of Customizer 2000 - "a special utility which is designed to optimize Win9x/ME performance. The program lets you explore the many hidden settings in Windows, and make changes"
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virus or spyware Daily Weather Forecast WEATHER.EXE Added by Troj/Dloader-IP TROJAN to the Windows program folder.
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not required in startup DriveSelect driveselect.exe DVD X Copy XPress by 321 Studios. Creates a pop-up at Windows startup that asks for the DVD drive to be selected. Available via Start - Programs
user explorer explorer.exe Starts Windows Explorer. Unless this has been manually added to startups or added by another program it could be a virus such as PE_BISTRO or DVLDR or MYDOOM.C. Note that it is also not the explorer.exe task/service you'll see when via CTRL+ALT+DEL
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virus or spyware Explorer lptt01 explorer.exe Variant of the RapidBlaster parasite (in an "explorer" folder in Program Files). It is not recommended you manually uninstall RapidBlaster but use RapidBlaster Killer - see here. Note - this is not the legitimate Windows Explorer (explorer.exe) which would only be in startups if you added it manually!
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