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Windows Forum / Windows Me / General Topics / September 2006Startup error message
Hi all I have recently installed Norton Antivirus on my system with which i found loads of security risk trojans etc on my machine which i have now cleaned up, now everytime i now start my PC i get an error message saying 'Missing ibm00003.exe, unable to locate file' and am now unable to get rid of this annoying message. I have looked on Google etc for fixes and all it tells me is that the ibm00003.exe file is some sort of virus, if so why is Win ME giving me this message as if it needs it to run? please can someone help me sort this error out. Many thanks in advance Matt Check in MSCONFIG to see where the reference to it in the Startup list lies - then remove the reference from the source (or if you're unsure, just uncheck the entry in the Startup listing)  SignatureNoel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's > Hi all > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Matt Hi Noel I have looked through MSCONFIG startup items and there is nothing in there which it could be connected to, the main things that are enabled on startup are mainly Norton, Task Mon and a couple of other standard things, have tried unticking them but with no change. Any other ideas? Thanks > Check in MSCONFIG to see where the reference to it in the Startup list > lies - then remove the reference from the source (or if you're unsure, just [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > > > Matt The references are there - believe me! (I was one of the first to find that particular variant) If you can't find them there, use MSINFO32 and copy paste the startup section of a saved output to your response. SignatureNoel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's > Hi Noel > [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] >> > >> > Matt > file is some sort of virus, if so why is Win ME giving me this > message as if it needs it to run? please can someone help me sort > this error out. Matt, Quite possibly because you have chosen to install one of the worst AV applications that is publicly available and can cause major problems when installed on Win Me. In this case it would appear that Norton has as usual has quite possibly failed to do its job properly and left the entry used to launch the virus in the startup axis. Use MSConfig (Start, Run, enter MSConfig in the box and click OK), open the startup tab and look for and uncheck any entry that references the file ibm00003.exe. Click OK, Apply and reboot. Hopefully you will not now see the message about ibm00003.exe. Ignore the message about being in selective startup mode and check the box not to display the message again. SignatureMike Maltby mike.maltby@gmail.com > I have recently installed Norton Antivirus on my system with which i > found loads of security risk trojans etc on my machine which i have [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Many thanks in advance Ok thanks guys, will have another look but i already thought of that and could not see any reference to it in my Run/MSCONFIG startup items and there are only about 3 items ticked to startup on startup. Many thanks > > file is some sort of virus, if so why is Win ME giving me this > > message as if it needs it to run? please can someone help me sort [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > > > > Many thanks in advance There should be many more that 3 items checked - particularly with Norton installed! SignatureNoel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's > Ok thanks guys, will have another look but i already thought of that and > could not see any reference to it in my Run/MSCONFIG startup items and [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] >> > >> > Many thanks in advance > Ok thanks guys, will have another look but i already thought of that > and could not see any reference to it in my Run/MSCONFIG startup > items and there are only about 3 items ticked to startup on startup. > Many thanks If you've really only got three entries in MSConfig startup checked then you have REAL problems far greater than having the Norton virus and ibm00003 installed. SignatureMike Maltby mike.maltby@gmail.com What shoul i have checked then in startup? > > Ok thanks guys, will have another look but i already thought of that > > and could not see any reference to it in my Run/MSCONFIG startup [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > you have REAL problems far greater than having the Norton virus and > ibm00003 installed. > What shoul i have checked then in startup? All the ones you have unchecked in the past, especially all those that form part of the operating system and allow it to perform as intended. Alternatively why not follow Noel's suggestion and post the list to this thread so we can tell you which you should have checked. SignatureMike Maltby mike.maltby@gmail.com No one here is a real computer technician if you think there are any references to ibm00003.exe in the Registry/Startup or has anything to do with Nortons. IT DOESN'T. Learn how to really work on pcs before advising someone to do something to their system that will cause them more problems then what you started with. SignatureBlake C. France Voyage Technology, INC. Technician > > What shoul i have checked then in startup? > > All the ones you have unchecked in the past, especially all those that > form part of the operating system and allow it to perform as intended. > Alternatively why not follow Noel's suggestion and post the list to this > thread so we can tell you which you should have checked. What are you raving about and what relevance does your post have to my reply? None. It would seem that you have problems and not with the operating system. > Learn how to really work on pcs And you think you do? You should start by learning to make coherent and sensible posts to newsgroups. As it is your post is simply meaningless twaddle which would suggest that you are the clueless one around here. SignatureMike Maltby mike.maltby@gmail.com > No one here is a real computer technician if you think there are any > references to ibm00003.exe in the Registry/Startup or has anything to [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >> Mike Maltby >> mike.maltby@gmail.com I have the same problem and I removed the startup item for ibm00003.exe in MSCONFIG and that did not cause the error window to dissappear upon reboot. That's why I'm reading this thread. I'm looking at the "Microsoft System Information" -> Startup Programs. Here's what I have: TClock Startup Group "C:\My Documents\TClock\TClock.exe" WinZip Quick Pick Startup Group "C:\Program Files\WinZip\WZQKPICK.EXE" Yahoo! Pager Registry (Per-User Run) "C:\PROGRAM FILES\YAHOO!\MESSENGER\ YAHOOMESSENGER.EXE" -quiet ScanRegistry Registry (Machine Run) C:\WINDOWS\scanregw.exe /autorun TaskMonitor Registry (Machine Run) C:\WINDOWS\taskmon.exe SystemTray Registry (Machine Run) SysTray.Exe LoadPowerProfile Registry (Machine Run) Rundll32.exe powrprof.dll, LoadCurrentPwrScheme StillImageMonitor Registry (Machine Run) C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\STIMON.EXE VortexTray Registry (Machine Run) ASP4TRAY.EXE LexStart Registry (Machine Run) Lexstart.exe LoadQM Registry (Machine Run) loadqm.exe Share-to-Web Namespace Daemon Registry (Machine Run) C:\Program Files\Hewlett- Packard\HP Share-to-Web\hpgs2wnd.exe APVXDWIN Registry (Machine Run) "C:\Program Files\Panda Software\Panda Antivirus 2007\APVXDWIN.EXE" /s LoadPowerProfile Registry (Machine Service) Rundll32.exe powrprof.dll, LoadCurrentPwrScheme SchedulingAgent Registry (Machine Service) mstask.exe PSIMSVC Registry (Machine Service) "C:\Program Files\Panda Software\Panda Antivirus 2007\PSIMSVC.exe" While typing this, I just searched the registry using regedit -> find -> imb00003a.exe and came up with no results. I am virus free but the error at startup is somewhat of a concern since I have tried the normal ways of removal. Let me know any other thoughts you may have short of a reformat. Okay, cool! There was no "a" in ibm00003a.exe for it was ibm00003.exe which was in my registry. Now deleted. :D |
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