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Old 01-18-2008, 12:36 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Default New F2 entry showed up in Hijack this

I scan with "Hijack This" often and just today have noticed an entry that is new.

All the searches I have done inform me that the file is safe and needed.

My main question is why all of a sudden has it shown up?

F2 - REG:system.ini: UserInit=C:\WINDOWS\system32\Userinit.exe


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Yea it safe but who knows.....
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Default Re: New F2 entry showed up in Hijack this

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Yea it safe but who knows.....
So is everything else from MS supposedly but that does not mean that I want every service that MS has running just because it is safe.

I hate searching for info on a service and all you can find is that it is safe. I am not worried about "is it safe" most of the time. I just want to know exactly what it is used for , it dependents etc.

thanks for the reply tho.!

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Just do not confuse with usrinit.exe which is bad
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