Popups on startup

I ran Microsoft Antispyware and it found about 20 infected files. After
removing them through the spyware wizard, it rebooted the computer and
now every time the computer starts up I get three messages saying it
cannot find a certain file or components of the file. The three files
a

C:\PROGRA~1\Toolbar\TBPS.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\WinTools\WToolsA.exe
C:\Program

Anyone seen this before? I'm really not very computer literate.

"skaggsbs" wrote in message
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I ran Microsoft Antispyware and it found about 20 infected files. After
removing them through the spyware wizard, it rebooted the computer and
now every time the computer starts up I get three messages saying it
cannot find a certain file or components of the file. The three files
a

C:\PROGRA~1\Toolbar\TBPS.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\WinTools\WToolsA.exe
C:\Program

1. This is common. "Malware" commonly has
two components. #1 is an EXE file that does something
you want, #2 is a bogus Windows Registry entry that
calls (starts) the bad EXE file. Many removal routines
delete #1 components but leave #2 file calls behind.
So you get the error message that Registry (or a
startup routine) tried and failed to EXEcute this file.

2. But if the PC otherwise runs OK the error
messages are no more than a reminder to clear
out the #2 file calls when you get around to it.

3. Beware posting to public newsgroups like this
with your true email address, which merely invites
spam and bogus emails. You can alter your
email (sender's) address to avoid this.

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

Use msconfig to disable programs loading a startup. Start-run-msconfig

"skaggsbs" wrote:

I ran Microsoft Antispyware and it found about 20 infected files. After
removing them through the spyware wizard, it rebooted the computer and
now every time the computer starts up I get three messages saying it
cannot find a certain file or components of the file. The three files
a

C:\PROGRA~1\Toolbar\TBPS.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\WinTools\WToolsA.exe
C:\Program

Anyone seen this before? I'm really not very computer literate.

First, I would like to know how you ran Microsoft AntiSpyware on your Windows 98
computer, when it requires Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows Server 2003 in order
to run.

Wintools\WToolsA.exe, have a look he
PC Hell: How to Remove WinTools (Huntbar variant):
http://www.pchell.com/support/wintools.shtml

For both WinToolsA and TBPS.exe, see he
http://www.doxdesk.com/parasite/HuntBar.html


I suggest that you download, unzip, and run Hijack This from one of these locations:
http://www.majorgeeks.com/downloads31.html
http://www.spywareinfo.com/downloads...HijackThis.exe
Unzip to a folder *other than* your Desktop or the Temp folder, double-click
HijackThis.exe, and hit "Scan".

When the scan is finished, the "Scan" button will change into a "Save Log"
button.
Press that, save the log somewhere you can find it (Desktop, My Documents, or
similar).
Most of what it lists will be harmless or even required, so do NOT fix anything yet.

Copy the log files and paste them into a new post at ONE of these forums:
http://forum.aumha.org/viewforum.php?f=30
http://forums.spywareinfo.com/,
http://castlecops.com/forum67.html
In your post, please state your problem clearly and what you've done so far to fix
it.

The folks there will tell you what to remove.

See the "housekeeping" they ask you to complete before you post your log:
http://aumha.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4075

A tutorial for using Hijack This is located he
http://tomcoyote.com/hjt/
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"skaggsbs" wrote in message
ups.com...
I ran Microsoft Antispyware and it found about 20 infected files. After
removing them through the spyware wizard, it rebooted the computer and
now every time the computer starts up I get three messages saying it
cannot find a certain file or components of the file. The three files
a

C:\PROGRA~1\Toolbar\TBPS.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\WinTools\WToolsA.exe
C:\Program

Anyone seen this before? I'm really not very computer literate.

Those files are spyware and tjhey are dificult to remove properly. They
usualy re-instal them selves as you are trying to remove them.

You can type msconfig at the dos run box and stop the leftover part from
running at startup. An alternative would be to download "spyboy search and
destroy" then remove the left over parts. you can find it from any web
browser. just make sure the name is the same, there is some spyware
companies that install crap instead of actualy removing it who have decided
to take simular names in hopes of confusing people and convincing them to
install thier stuff.

"skaggsbs" wrote in message
ups.com...
I ran Microsoft Antispyware and it found about 20 infected files. After
removing them through the spyware wizard, it rebooted the computer and
now every time the computer starts up I get three messages saying it
cannot find a certain file or components of the file. The three files
a

C:\PROGRA~1\Toolbar\TBPS.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\WinTools\WToolsA.exe
C:\Program

Anyone seen this before? I'm really not very computer literate.