registry key creation at bootup

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I have 4 keys that are created everytime I bootup XP.
They are Cydoor, Cydoor Service, Briliant Digital, and
TrinityAYB. Spybot detects them and deletes them but
they come right back. I can manually delete them with
regedit but they come back on the next re-boot.

How can I tell what program is creating these keys when I
bootup XP?
 
Didn't work. Somehow, Kazaa is installing these keys at
bootup and I can't figure it out. I can't find Kazaa on
my computer anywhere and I have already run Kazaabegone.
So, if I could trace the registry during bootup I could
figure it out.

I tried Windows XP audit but it doesn't work during
bootup.
 
Kazaa is one way of getting this Adware scum on your system, but it is not the cause. Once its there, removing Kazaa won't help. You need to remove Cydoor.

You may want to try a search at www.google.com for "Cydoor" and see if there may be a different variant that is infesting your system.
 
Try Ad-aware from lavasoft. download the latest engine and dat files.
before scanning open taskmanager and stop any task's that resemble the
problem files. If you have to run msconfig at the run prompt and uncheck any
item that also refers to cydoor. Then start the ad-aware scan. Ad-aware
may tell you that it could not delete items that were in use and let ad-aware
scan on reboot. Say yes to the prompt and reboot. Continue running the scans
until your system reports NO items.
 
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