sentry.exe is my startup under msconfig is it a virus

[jasona45]

where does it come from and what does it do

 

[edemiere]

IP Insight
Tracking Sentry.exe Tracks geographical and connection speed data and reports it back to companies.

Sounds like spyware/adware to me, I'd get rid of it.

(I am using Windows 2000 SP3 at work and it doesn't exist on my system or anyone elses around me.)


IPInsight/Ipinsigt should have an entry in Add/Remove Programs, which removes the software from the current setup adequately.

However it leaves a copy behind in the 'last known good setup' which may reappear if you boot using this option. Delete the file IPINSIGT.DLL from the LastGood folder in the Windows folder, and IPINSIGT.PNF and IPINSIGT.inf from the LastGood\INF folder. Finally you can remove IPInsigt from the hidden 'inf' folder in the Windows folder to clean up.

Sentry variant: open the registry (Start->Run->regedit) and open the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run. Delete the 'Sentry' entry. Reboot Windows and delete Sentry.exe and Sentry.ini in the Windows folder.

Ipinsigt variant: open a DOS command prompt windows (Start->Programs->Accessories) and enter the following commands:

cd "%WinDir%\System"
regsvr32 /u "..\IPINSIGT.DLL"
Reboot Windows and delete IPINSIGT.DLL in the Windows folder. You can also delete the registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\IPInsight to clean up if you wish. Then see the LastGood removal instructions above.


Good luck!