Startup Defender
Version 2.8.0.0
http://www.zardssoftware.com/startup/
Startup Defender is a small Windows startup manager program that sits in your Windows tray and constantly monitors in real time the startup locations on your PC to help prevent programs from auto starting up behind your back. If a program tries to write itself into any startup location Startup Defender will pop up a windows and ask if the program is allowed to place itself to start automatically with Windows. Also you can disable/enable any programs that are currently installed to startup automatically. If there is an entry you are not sure what it is then you can Google it to see if it is needed or even harmful and choose if you want it to load it at startup or not. For the annoying programs that try to repeatedly place themselves in the autorun for Windows you can click the auto block so that Startup Defender stops them without you having to bother with them anymore. Also you can now view all processes and services then selectively start/stop each one.
The Windows boot time has become slow than usually. Difference= 5 sec (-15%).
Description: Startup Defender Zards Software Startup Defender 2.8.0.0
MD5= 9C67D0425C8C851CB3F112DB84176146
File is not signed.
File size= 1069568
Related registry changes:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CURRENTVERSION\APP PATHS\STARTUP DEFENDER.EXE
HKLM\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CURRENTVERSION\APP PATHS\STARTUP DEFENDER.EXE\: “C:\PROGRAM FILES\ZARDS SOFTWARE\STARTUP DEFENDER\CLEANSE UNINSTALLER.EXE”
HKLM\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CURRENTVERSION\UNINSTALL\STARTUP DEFENDER \DISPLAYICON: “C:\PROGRAM FILES\ZARDS SOFTWARE\STARTUP DEFENDER\STARTUP DEFENDER.EXE”
HKLM\SOFTWARE\STARTUP DEFENDER\PATH: “C:\PROGRAM FILES\ZARDS SOFTWARE\STARTUP DEFENDER\STARTUP DEFENDER.EXE“
Description: Startup Defender.exe
Related registry changes:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CURRENTVERSION\APP PATHS\STARTUP DEFENDER.EXE\: “C:\PROGRAM FILES\ZARDS SOFTWARE\STARTUP DEFENDER\CLEANSE UNINSTALLER.EXE“
FILES ADDED:14
C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\ADMINISTRATOR\START MENU\PROGRAMS\STARTUP\STARTUP DEFENDER.LNK
C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\ADMINISTRATOR\START MENU\PROGRAMS\STARTUP DEFENDER\STARTUP DEFENDER.LNK
C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\ADMINISTRATOR\START MENU\PROGRAMS\STARTUP DEFENDER\UNINSTALL.LNK
C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\ADMINISTRATOR\START MENU\PROGRAMS\STARTUP DEFENDER\WEBSITE.LNK
C:\PROGRAM FILES\ZARDS SOFTWARE\STARTUP DEFENDER\BANPRC.DAT
C:\PROGRAM FILES\ZARDS SOFTWARE\STARTUP DEFENDER\INTEROP.IWSHRUNTIMELIBRARY.DLL
C:\PROGRAM FILES\ZARDS SOFTWARE\STARTUP DEFENDER\INTEROP.SHELL32.DLL
C:\PROGRAM FILES\ZARDS SOFTWARE\STARTUP DEFENDER\LICENSE.TXT
C:\PROGRAM FILES\ZARDS SOFTWARE\STARTUP DEFENDER\START.ICO
C:\PROGRAM FILES\ZARDS SOFTWARE\STARTUP DEFENDER\STARTUP DEFENDER .URL
C:\PROGRAM FILES\ZARDS SOFTWARE\STARTUP DEFENDER\STARTUP DEFENDER.EXE
C:\PROGRAM FILES\ZARDS SOFTWARE\STARTUP DEFENDER\STOP.ICO
C:\PROGRAM FILES\ZARDS SOFTWARE\STARTUP DEFENDER\UNINST.EXE
FILES[ATTR]MODIFIED:2
C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\ADMINISTRATOR\LOCAL SETTINGS\TEMP\CE4CF87733651BF1F44DD1E02FC1A8E8
FOLDERS ADDED:3
C:\PROGRAM FILES\ZARDS SOFTWARE
C:\PROGRAM FILES\ZARDS SOFTWARE\STARTUP DEFENDER
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