Prevent viruses during Windows Startup with DiStartup

Most of the Virus/Worm/Trojans which infect a windows system needs an invoker to run, so these viruses add then with the windows start-up programs.

So, they use Window registry or common startup to start on Windows logon and harm your computer. DiStartup is a freeware tool which runs as a windows service that delete the Windows startup programs, and monitor the Windows registry and common startup in case of prevent and delete any program to enter the startup programs safety area.

As this program runs as a windows service, so it does not have any visible interface, This program runs as service which runs first before any running program, DiStartup runs and delete the startup programs before they will be runs.

Install Instructions:

1. Install .Net FrameWork 2.0 before you install the service.

2. unpack the archive file DistartupService.zip  (folder –> Distartup service) to your desktop.  You can do that for example with 7zip or any other compression tool that supports the .zip extension.

3. Install.bat – install service and start it.

Uninstall and stop Service:

4.  If you like to uninstall and stop the service you have to run the Uninstall.bat.

Features:

Distartup monitor the following registry keys:

• All Users-RunOnce:
  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce
  
• All Users-Run:
  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
  
• All Users-RunOnceEx:
  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx
  
• All Users-RunEx:
  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunEx
  
• Current User-RunOnce:
  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce
  
• Current User-Run:
  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
  
• Current User-RunOnceEx:
  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx
  
• Current User-RunEx:
  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunEx
  

OS Requirements:

Win NT4/Win 2000/Win XP