how can i stop winupdate?

[limee]

With Windows2k Pro, SP3 and SP4, a file called winupdate.exe
attempts to run every boot up. I have automatic updates turned off, and so I ended up deleting this file (also because for some reason nod32 detects it as a spybot.bh worm). Now that I've deleted it, Windows keeps giving me an annoying error msg saying it couldn't find winupdate.exe when trying to run. How can I turn this off?

 

[Toejam31]

Try this pages for additional information:

<A HREF="http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32culta.html" target="_new">W32/Cult-A</A>

<A HREF="http://www.sophos.com/support/disinfection/worms.html" target="_new">Removing worms</A>

Toey

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[svol]

You should have disabled the service that is called 'Automatic Updates'.

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[ytoledano]

I don't have Win2k but if you say they run on every boot they might be in the startup tab under msconfig (that's how it's called on XP and I think that also on Win2k)

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[limee]

svol: The problem is that even though I had it off it still kept trying to run :S...

ytoledano: Unfortunetly Win2k Pro (SP4) does not have msconfig like in XP.

Toey: Hmm reading the first link, I did try deleting that registry entry but it didn't work. I noticed I had 2 other similar entries and deleted those as well...problem seems fine now! Strange if it really is a worm, as I don't know how I could have gotten it...I just did a fresh install and only went on the net to google-> nvidia+creative labs website to get driver updates and already had sp4 on CD. The two progs (av+firewall) aren't warez files either.

 

[Toejam31]

You can get a version of MSCONFIG (from an early beta of WinXP) that will work in Win2K here:

<A HREF="http://www2.whidbey.com/djdenham/Msconfig.htm" target="_new">MSCONFIG.EXE</A>

Or you can pick up something like <A HREF="http://mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml" target="_new">Startup Control Panel</A>, which is a nice addition, and my personal preference. It will let you remove Registry entries without deleting them entirely, just in case something turns out to be necessary at a later date.

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[pIII_Man]

if you add msconfig to your windows root\system32 folder then everytime you type start/ run /msconfig it will open msconfig just as in winXP and 98...

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