error at startup

Hubby downloaded game from limewire pro and when he opened it Avg found virus and stoped the process, now when I start my computer I get an error message saying " Execution of specified command has failed" How can I fix this.

Dell Dimension 3100
windows XP SP2
80 g hd
512 mb ram

 

It usually tells you what command failed to executie.

Download the free utility AutoRuns from Sysinternals/Microsoft: http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/Autoruns.html

Uncheck whatever startup program was listed with the error message you received.

It is likely under the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\.......\Run catagory.

For future reference:
Right-click any new download, and choose the option to have your antivirus scan the file before executing, even if it is a ZIP file.

Or in the alternative, you can use an on-line virus scanner:

http://www.kaspersky.com/scanforvirus.html
Uses 15 different scanners: http://virusscan.jotti.org/

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I did what you said and found this
in HKLM\software\windows\current version\run
Wingen C:\windows\system32\drivers\wingen
LSASS.exe
i uncheked it and rebooted, it took care of the problem do you know what this wingen is and is it needed

thank you

 

I do not know, but, \windows\system32\drivers is a critical directory for Windows and there is no folder that comes with XP under that path called Wingen or anything remotely like that.

Moreover, LSASS.EXE is a Windows file, but is not loaded from \windows\system32\drivers\Wingen

You should take this thread to the Spyware and Viruses subforum for analysis of all the starting locations for your processes and Service entries.