spysweeper keeps popping up asking to remove/keep startup items

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Hi
On my windows XP Professional PC I have spysweeper installed. While I am
working away it keeps popping up asking to keep or remove various startup
items. Its a different startup item name each time. These are the details
of the item:
Startup Item: egFHY9Ex (This name changes each time)
inetkw
CommonName
Location: C:\PROGRA~1\vowpuqt\qpwostw.exe
Registry or startup Folder: HKLM:Run

Any ideas of what it can be? Ive turned off spysweeper for the monent.
 
Sean said:
Hi
On my windows XP Professional PC I have spysweeper installed. While I
am working away it keeps popping up asking to keep or remove various
startup
items. Its a different startup item name each time. These are the
details of the item:
Startup Item: egFHY9Ex (This name changes each time)
inetkw
CommonName
Location: C:\PROGRA~1\vowpuqt\qpwostw.exe
Registry or startup Folder: HKLM:Run

Any ideas of what it can be? Ive turned off spysweeper for the
monent.
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Asked and answered in the other newsgroup.

Malke
 
1) Download the following three items...

Trend Sysclean Package
http://www.trendmicro.com/download/dcs.asp

Latest Trend Pattern File.
http://www.trendmicro.com/download/pattern.asp

Adaware SE (free personal version v1.05)
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/

Create a directory.
On drive "C:\"
(e.g., "c:\New Folder")
or the desktop
(e.g., "C:\Documents and Settings\lipman\Desktop\New Folder")

Download Sysclean.com and place it in that directory.
Dowload the Trend Pattern File by obtaining the ZIP file.
For example; lpt242.zip

Extract the contents of the ZIP file and place the contents in the same directory as
sysclean.com.

2) Update Adaware with the latest definitions.
3) Disable System Restore
http://vil.nai.com/vil/SystemHelpDocs/DisableSysRestore.htm
4) Reboot your PC into Safe Mode
5) Using both the Trend Sysclean utility and Adaware, perform a Full Scan of your
platform and clean/delete any infectors/parasites found.
(a few cycles may be needed)
6) Restart your PC and perform a "final" Full Scan of your platform using both the
Trend Sysclean utility and Adaware
7) Re-enable System Restore and re-apply any System Restore preferences,
(e.g. HD space to use suggested 400 ~ 600MB),
8) Reboot your PC.
9) Create a new Restore point

You can also try some of the below online scanners.

BitDefender:
http://www.bitdefender.com/scan/license.php

Computer Associates:
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx

DialogueScience:
http://www.antivir.ru/english/www_av/

F-Secure:
http://support.f-secure.com/enu/home/ols.shtml

Freedom Online scanner:
http://www.freedom.net/viruscenter/index.html

Kaspersky:
http://www.kaspersky.com/de/scanforvirus

McAfee:
http://www.mcafee.com/myapps/mfs/default.asp

Panda:
http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/

RAV
http://www.ravantivirus.com/scan/

Symantec:
http://security.symantec.com/

Trend:
http://housecall.antivirus.com
http://housecall.trendmicro.com


* * * Please report your results ! * * *

Dave



| Hi
| On my windows XP Professional PC I have spysweeper installed. While I am
| working away it keeps popping up asking to keep or remove various startup
| items. Its a different startup item name each time. These are the details
| of the item:
| Startup Item: egFHY9Ex (This name changes each time)
| inetkw
| CommonName
| Location: C:\PROGRA~1\vowpuqt\qpwostw.exe
| Registry or startup Folder: HKLM:Run
|
| Any ideas of what it can be? Ive turned off spysweeper for the monent.
|
 
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