Pegasus (MVP) wrote:
> "Ray" <stryker@iwojima.com> wrote in message
> news:vaydnZRikIi9KCreRVnyhg@pipex.net...
>
>>I tried Ashampoo Start-up Manager, decided it was not what I wanted and
>>uninstalled. It leaves behind a Start-up file pupxpman.exe which appears
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> to
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>>be impossible to remove by any means tried so far.
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>>Winpatrol+ Kill and Kill at reboot both failed. Wintasks blocks it but
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> does
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>>not remove the file.
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>>The exe is supposed to be in Windows/System32 but I can't find it. Also
>>tried regedit and msconfig.
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>>It just keeps reproducing itself and I am reluctantly have to admit
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> defeat.
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>>Please advise if you know how to get rid of this nasty.
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>>TIA
>>
>>Ray
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>>
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> The file is probably hidden. Tell your explorer to show hidden
> files, then delete it. If the file is locked, read the post about
> deleting a sys file posted here just before your post.
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>

Also delete the entry for it in the registry:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Run

Steve N.