"dust.exe"

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Matt Coy

Looks like you had/have the Duster/W32.HLLW.Studd virus.

Your best bet would be to update your virus definitions, disable System
Restore, run a full scan and see if that takes care of the issue. If so,
re-enable System Restore.

If this doesn't solve your problem, go to Start, Run, and type 'msconfig'.
Go to the Startup tab and look for an entry entitled 'dust' or whose path
under the Command column goes to dust.exe (you may have to adjust the
column's width to see the full path of the files listed). Anything labeled
'dust' should be unchecked. Also check in the Start Menu under the Startup
folder and delete the entry if it happens to be listed there.

Info on the virus:
http://us.mcafee.com/virusInfo/default.asp?id=description&virus_k=100841&affid=125
 
Matthew said:
I have recently started to get an error message while my PC (running
Win XP Home) logs in. It says that it cannot find dust.exe blah blah
blah. Does it have something to do with the login process? I have not
unduly deleted anything because I take great care to uninstall
everything properly. Does anyone know how to fix it?

Thanks in Advance
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You need to get a copy of Adaware
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/
install and schedule to run frequently.
Likewise Spybot
http://www.safer-networking.org/

I use both, belt and suspenders.

rs
 
I have found Spybot to be very effective by itself and have fully converted
from Ad Aware. Much more feature-rich, as well.
 
Spybot will usually find things missed by Ad Aware but Spybot is a very
aggressive application and often finds things that should not be removed as
well. Users need to exercise caution with Spybot and make sure they are
aware of the undo feature as well.
 
I have recently started to get an error message while my PC (running Win XP
Home) logs in. It says that it cannot find dust.exe blah blah blah. Does it
have something to do with the login process? I have not unduly deleted
anything because I take great care to uninstall everything properly. Does
anyone know how to fix it?

Thanks in Advance
 
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