I have disabled Ctfmon.exe from starting, when Windows starts up. HiJackThis version 2 shows, that it's still present under some Run keys in registry . Is it save to remove those ctfmon.exe entries or is there any purpose for doing it?
It's under these keys:
HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-18\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-20\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Full Version: Ctfmon.exe
QUOTE(CeeCee @ Jul 6 2007, 08:59 PM) 
I have disabled Ctfmon.exe from starting, when Windows starts up. HiJackThis version 2 shows, that it's still present under some Run keys in registry . Is it save to remove those ctfmon.exe entries or is there any purpose for doing it?
It's under these keys:
HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-18\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-20\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
It's under these keys:
HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-18\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-20\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/282599
I deleted those ctfmon.exe Run values and no problems so far.
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