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Thread ID: 11227 2001-09-07 06:22:00 Auto-dialling on startup Guest (0) Press F1
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18342 2001-09-07 06:22:00 Just this afternoon my computer has started autodialling as soon as Windows ME has finished loading, and I don't know how to stop it. I used MSCONFIG to see what was set to auto load, and there was a program I didn't recognise, so I used RegCleaner to remove it from startup, but everytime I restart its back there and the computer autodials (so I'm assuming this program is causing this to happen).
The program is called:
Bymer:Scanner
and the registry key is:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Run]
'Bymer.scanner'=''c:\\windows\\system\\wininit.exe ''

should this be here, and if it is, what do I do to stop my comp from auto-dialling, and if its not, how do I get rid of this permanently and still stop the computer from auto-dialling.

Deleting the line from the registry didn't work either.
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18343 2001-09-07 07:14:00 Okay, so I've fixed it. YAY!
But what a rigmerole doing so! Everytime I deleted it out of the registry, I'd restart and it was back there again. I started up in Diag mode (through MSCONFIG) and disabled it through there, but it still loaded anyways... eventually I managed to get in through Safe Mode and delete it out, and finally it didn't reappear.


PHEW!
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18344 2001-09-07 08:17:00 Hi Mike, check out this address www.symantec.com
Good luck PC
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