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System32 opens on startup, after I've fixed it

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dignick

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Aug 17, 2003
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System32 keeps opening on a PC I have when I start it up. I did a quick google search for this problem, and found it can be caused by a blank registry entry in HKCU/.../Run. I looked, and there it was. I deleted it and restarted my computer, and system32 didn't load. But when I restarted again, it came up again. Something keeps putting this blank registry entry in there. I'v done all the usual scans with Norton Internet Security, lavasoft adaware and spybot s+d, which returned nothing of significance. This only happens in my profile.

Any ideas?
Thanks.
 
this is a Malware problem
Run Spybot Search and destroy then Microsoft antispyware and that should help
 
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