Here is an article from PC World's website regarding programs that are running in the background and how to get rid of them using the Windows MSConfig utility:

http://www.pcworld.com/howto/article/0,aid,110667,00.asp 

1. Download spybot 1.3!!
http://kujoe.com/freeware/spybot.php
http://majorgeeks.com/download2471.html

2. Download hijackthis

links below courtesy ChrisRLG (Classroom Coordinator at TomCoyotes,

Trusted Advisor Spywareinfo)

HijackThis From Here
or one of these other links:-
http://www.spychecker.com/program/hijackthis.html
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html
http://www.aluriasoftware.com/tools/hijackthis.zip
http://mjc1.com/mirror/hjt/

HijackThis Log Tutorial
http://www.aumha.org/a/hjttutor.htm

To Check out what each item in the Hijack list relates to
http://www.sysinfo.org/startuplist.php

links below courtesy (Russell Smith • Educational Technology

Consultant Spyware Fighter at Wildersecurity)

why use hijackthis
http://russelltexas.com/spywareinfo/safetyfaq.htm

Frequently Asked Questions About Hijackthis
http://russelltexas.com/spywareinfo/faqhijackthis.htm

and post the log here
http://delltalk.us.dell.com/supportforums/board?board.id=si_virus

also you could use

Startup Control Panel
http://download.com.com/3000-2094-1539340.html?tag=lst-4-7

Message Edited by Navin kurian on 05-14-2004 11:22 PM