When I startup my computer a program called Form1 pops up. When I open task manager to trace its origin, the process is called system.exe. This "system" is also in the list at the startup tab of MsConfig. What is this program? Can I remove it safely from the list?
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As for System.Exe you would have to look to see where it resides to even consider if it is safe to remove. But I would suggest scanning in Safe Mode without networking after you have updated your AV Product and installed & updated Malwarebytes.
The worst that will happen is you waste a bit of time and nothing shows.
It IS certainly safe to remove from the autostart list. "system" is a single process that is used to launch other processes. Services are not in the autorun list. They are managed from the "Services" MMC snap-in. System will also not be found in an Autorun list. It should show up as only "System" and not "System.exe"
"Form1" is certainly the default name of a VB object. This is a homebrew PUP, most likely malicious. Due to it's amatuer nature it might not be found by traditional anti-virus programs.
If it's filename is "system.exe" then it would be hard to distinguish it from the genuine System process. You may have to find the location of the file and manually delete it. In Win7 you can right click it and goto file location. For XP you will need a tool like this: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx
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Form1, Terrorizing my PC?
When I startup my computer a program called Form1 pops up. When I open task manager to trace its origin, the process is called system.exe. This "system" is also in the list at the startup tab of MsConfig. What is this program? Can I remove it safely from the list?