Boot into safe mode. See how
HERE
Turn off system restore. See how
HERE.
In Windows Explorer, turn on "Show all files and folders, including hidden and system". See how
HERE.
Go to add remove programmes in your control panel, and uninstall anything to do with(if there).
C:\Program Files\winsupdater
Close control panel.
Open your task manager, by pressing the ctrl/alt/delete keys together.
Click on the processes tab, and select, and end process for(if there).
winsupdater.exe
Close task manager.
Run HJT with no other programmes open, and have HJT fix the following, by placing a tick in the little box next to(if there).
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [winsupdater] C:\Program Files\winsupdater\winsupdater.exe /auto
Fix all 016 DPF entries.
O18 - Protocol: msnim - {828030A1-22C1-4009-854F-8E305202313F} - "C:\PROGRA~1\MSNMES~1\msgrapp.dll" (file missing)
O23 - Service: SQL Server (SQLEXPRESS) (MSSQL$SQLEXPRESS) - Unknown owner - C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1\MSSQL\Binn\sqlservr.exe" -sSQLEXPRESS (file missing)
Now click the fix checked button.
Close HJT.
Locate, and delete the following bold files(if there).
C:\Program Files\
winsupdater\winsupdater.exe /auto
Click start/run, and type services.msc into the run box, and press the enter key.
When the window appears, maximise it, and locate the above 023 service.
Double click on it, and if it`s running, select stop. Set the startup type to disabled. Click apply/ok.
Reboot into normal mode, and turn system restore back on.
Regards Howard
