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SHRED Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 08:20 AM
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Handy little program
StartupMonitor

http://www.mlin.net/StartupMonitor.shtml

StartupMonitor is a small utility that runs transparently (it doesn't even use a tray icon) and notifies you when any program registers itself to run at system startup. It prevents those utterly useless tray applications from registering themselves behind your back, and it acts as a security tool against trojans like BackOrifice or Netbus.

StartupMonitor does not require Startup Control Panel, but it complements it nicely. When you choose not to allow a program to register itself, the program's entry becomes disabled in Startup Control Panel, so you can go back and enable it later if necessary. StartupMonitor watches the Start Menu's Startup folders and the Run entries in the registry.

StartupMonitor has been tested on Windows 98, Windows 98SE, Windows ME, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, and Windows XP; unfortunately, it does not function correctly under Windows 95 because of some unimplemented routines in the operating system.


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Prisoner_Number_Six Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-04-05 01:02 AM
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1. Thank you
Looks like a utility I may have to include in all new installs and virus cleanup jobs. Glad to have it to put in my toolkit!
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