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Windows XP, MSCONFIG, Startup, HTML Code

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by beighley

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I have a client that has a Windows XP Home machine that we recently repaired a virus on. There is a strange probelem that I have been unable to figure out.
When I start MSCONFIG and look at the boot up programs, several lines contain HTML code that as far as I can tell just represents a "page not found" page. I uncheck these items, but when the pc is rebooted, they come back checked again. It appears to have no effect on the system, but that doesn't make me feel any better.
Norton Anti-Virus and AdAware don't detect anything that I should be concerned about.
Also, the System32 Folder loads at boot. I learned how to fix this on Microsofts Knowledge Base, but am not sure the problem is related or not.
Has anyone else seen this??? Any ideas on what is going on?

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by peab4yougo

Once again, this sounds like a need to disable "restore system settings", change your MSCONFIG params, and reboot, then re-enable the "restore systems settings" function.

by beighley

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As it turns out, there was an underlying problem (a trojan horse and browser hijacker), but that did help me...Thanks

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