After uninstalling Norton Antivirus on two different PC's I noticed that lots of programs now show up in the application Accessories / System Tools / System Information under Software Environment / Startup Programs.
This issue is similar to another reported here:
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Security/Q_21935400.html#a17203896This particular screen normally only shows a few entries about programs started up when a user logs on. Now, it reports hundreds of programs. I have copied some of this output below.
I did download the program AutoRuns referenced the solution listed above. It appears to be 'normal' and does not show all of this extra 'stuff'.
The PC is otherwise working correctly. This is not a virus issue (scanned many times) but occurred directly after uninstalling Norton Antivirus 2007.
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System Information report written at: 12/31/07 21:12:17
System Name: BWS-DW-2
[Startup Programs]
Program Command User Name Location
$winnt$ $winnt$.inf NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Startup
12520437 12520437.cpx NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Startup
12520850 12520850.cpx NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Startup
6to4svc 6to4svc.dll NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Startup
aaaamon aaaamon.dll NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Startup
access access.cpl NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Startup
acctres acctres.dll NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Startup
accwiz accwiz.exe NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Startup
acelpdec acelpdec.ax NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Startup
acledit acledit.dll NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Startup
aclui aclui.dll NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Startup
activeds activeds.dll NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Startup
activeds activeds.tlb NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Startup
actmovie actmovie.exe NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Startup
actxprxy actxprxy.dll NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Startup
ActxWH actxwh.dll NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Startup
admparse admparse.dll NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Startup
AdobePDF adobepdf.dll NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Startup
adptif adptif.dll NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Startup
adsldp adsldp.dll NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Startup
adsldpc adsldpc.dll NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Startup
adsmsext adsmsext.dll NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Startup
adsnds adsnds.dll NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Startup
adsnt adsnt.dll NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Startup
adsnw adsnw.dll NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Startup
advapi32 advapi32.dll NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Startup
advpack advpack.dll NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Startup
ahui ahui.exe NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Startup
alg alg.exe NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Startup
alrsvc alrsvc.dll NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Startup
ALSndMgr alsndmgr.cpl NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Startup
amcompat amcompat.tlb NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Startup
amstream amstream.dll NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Startup
ansi ansi.sys NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Startup
apcups apcups.dll NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Startup
append append.exe NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Startup
apphelp apphelp.dll NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Startup
appmgmts appmgmts.dll NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Startup
appmgr appmgr.dll NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Startup
appwiz appwiz.cpl NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Startup
arp arp.exe NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Startup
[... lots more skipped ...]
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