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Windows System Configuration Utility: An unexpected antispyware tool |
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Written by Hans Straat source:http://searchwindowssecurity.techtarget.com,
Wednesday, 26 July 2006
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Although the System Configuration Utility has been around since Windows ME, and it was never really intended as a security tool, I have found it to be particularly effective in the war against spyware. In case you are not familiar with the System Configuration Utility, it is a tool that shows you everything that is being run at system startup. It also gives you the option of disabling anything that should not be running. The System Configuration Utility was originally designed as a diagnostic tool that would allow you to disable anything in the system startup that might be interfering with Windows' ability to boot properly. However, the System Configuration Utility also makes an effective spyware detection tool, because many spyware mechanisms embed themselves into the system startup. You can launch the System Configuration Utility by entering the MSCONFIG command at the Windows Run prompt. When you do, Windows will launch the System Configuration Utility, and the General tab will be selected, as shown in read more
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