Eliminating a nuisance program

[LochnarITB]

There might be an easier solution to removing this. If that triumvirate does not recognize it as a problem (with the latest definition files) I would suspect that it has made a startup entry somewhere in the registry that runs a file it has placed in a folder such as windows. You don't need to edit the registry yourself to turn it off. Pick up the program Codestuff Starter. This serves 2 functions. The one I use all the time is to see processes that are running and terminate those that I know don't need to be running. The other is the one you want. Choose the Startups section. This will list all the startups in your registry. There are many places a startup can hide in the registry. You may be surprised at how many things are starting when you start your machine. You can choose to disable items or remove them altogether. If you find a lot of things starting that you don't need, this is a good way to speed up the startup of the machine as well as improve performance by removing the drain of background programs that aren't needed. I hope this helps.

P.S. Kandrathe, thanks for the mention of WinPatrol. If it really is as unobtrusive as it sounds, it looks like it will be a nice addition to my startup list.

[edit]Kandrathe's suggestion, WinPatrol, offers the same function as Starter plus more. I will continue to use both, Starter for my usual startup/process tasks and WinPatrol for its monitoring. You may want to ignore Starter and just use WinPatrol. It also allows you to disable or remove startups as I spoke of above.