SysInternals Autoruns v8.1

charlesvar · 2005/07/18

This utility, which has the most comprehensive knowledge of auto-starting locations of any startup monitor (A starting list of auto-run locations was obtained from David Solomon's "Windows Internals" seminar), shows you what programs are configured to run during system bootup or login, and shows you the entries in the order Windows processes them. These programs include ones in your startup folder, Run, RunOnce, and other Registry keys. You can configure Autoruns to show other locations, including Explorer shell extensions, toolbars, browser helper objects, Winlogon notifications, auto-start services, and much more. Autoruns goes way beyond the MSConfig utility bundled with Windows Me and XP.

Autoruns' Hide Signed Microsoft Entries option helps you to zoom in on third-party auto-starting images that have been added to your system and it has support for looking at the auto-starting images configured for other accounts configured on a system. Also included in the download package is a command-line equivalent that can output in CSV format, Autorunsc.

You'll probably be surprised at how many executables are launched automatically!

Autoruns works on all versions of Windows including Windows XP 64-bit Edition (for x64) and Windows Server 2003 64-bit Edition (for x64).
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http://www.sysinternals.com/utilities/autoruns.html

Regards - Charles

TonyT · 2005/07/19

I've been using it for years. This recent version is a nice update to Autoruns.

In order to make Autoruns even more effective at identifying and managing malware this major update adds new autostart locations including KnownDLLs, image file hijacks, boot execute images, and more Explorer and Internet Explorer add-on locations. v8.1 also supports 64-bit Windows XP and 64-bit Windows Server 2003 and adds an Everything view that gives you a quick view at all configured autostarts.
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charlesvar · 2005/07/28

Newer version available: 8.13 as of 07/27

Regards - Charles

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