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TX2
Windows XP Home ...
Every time the machine starts, the folder C:\WINDOWS is displayed.
Clicking to close has no issue, and the window closes.
On checking the registry, I noted under
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
that there is an entry under the name column for RAV.EXE, and this has a
value of C:\WINDOWS
Removing the key has no effect, as it is replaced at next boot.
I have (temporarily) installed AVG from Grisoft, but it is not detecting
anything.
I have also run Ad Aware on the system which removed a lot of spyware.
I Googled RAV.EXE but only found that it was a process which
Backdoor.Helios (trojan) tries to terminate, which suggests RAV.EXE in
itself isn't malicious.
So why this entry in the registry, and why can I not remove it?
Help to eradicate this startup issue would be appreciated.
Every time the machine starts, the folder C:\WINDOWS is displayed.
Clicking to close has no issue, and the window closes.
On checking the registry, I noted under
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
that there is an entry under the name column for RAV.EXE, and this has a
value of C:\WINDOWS
Removing the key has no effect, as it is replaced at next boot.
I have (temporarily) installed AVG from Grisoft, but it is not detecting
anything.
I have also run Ad Aware on the system which removed a lot of spyware.
I Googled RAV.EXE but only found that it was a process which
Backdoor.Helios (trojan) tries to terminate, which suggests RAV.EXE in
itself isn't malicious.
So why this entry in the registry, and why can I not remove it?
Help to eradicate this startup issue would be appreciated.