Removing YahooMessenger.exe as a Startup Program

This section provides a tutorial example on how to remove YahooMessenger.exe as a startup program from the Windows registry.

The next startup program to look at is the YahooMessenger.exe. Of course, YahooMessenger.exe was installed as a startup program when I installed Yahoo Messenger on my Windows system.

Based on the HijackThis report, Yahoo installed YahooMessenger.exe as a startup program in the HKCU hive of the Windows registry:

O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [Yahoo! Pager] "C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Messenger
                  \YahooMessenger.exe" -quiet

When YahooMessenger.exe is running, you will see a Yahoo icon in the system tray, the right hand side of the taskbar, as shown in this picture:

Startup program: YahooMessenger.exe
Startup program: YahooMessenger.exe

Do I need to run YahooMessenger.exe as a startup program? I don't think so, because I can run Yahoo Messenger myself whenever I want to. So I am removing YahooMessenger.exe as a startup program.

1. Right mouse click on the Yahoo icon in the taskbar and select Exit to stop this program.

2. Run "regedit.exe" and local the registry key: "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run"

3. Export this "Run" registry key to a registry file: HKCU_Startup.reg as a backup.

4. Select the registry value "Yahoo! Pager" and press Delete key to remove this value.

5. Restart the system. YahooMessenger.exe is not in the startup program list anymore.

Table of Contents

 About This Book

 Introduction to Microsoft Windows

 Introduction to Windows Explorer

 Introduction to Internet Explorer

 "Paint" Program and Computer Graphics

 GIMP - GNU Image Manipulation Program

 JPEG Image File Format Quality and Size

 GIF Image File Format and Transparent Background

 "WinZip" - ZIP File Compression Tool

 "WinRAR" - RAR and ZIP File Compression Tool

 FTP Server, Client and Commands

 "FileZilla" - Free FTP Client and Server

 Web Server Log Files and Analysis Tool - "Analog"

 Spyware Adware Detection and Removal

 IE Addon Program Listing and Removal

 Vundo (VirtuMonde/VirtuMundo) - vtsts.dll Removal

 Trojan and Malware "Puper" Description and Removal

 VSToolbar (VSAdd-in.dll) - Description and Removal

 Spybot - Spyware Blocker, Detection and Removal

 Setting Up and Using Crossover Cable Network

 Home Network Gateway - DSL Modem/Wireless Router

 Windows Task Manager - The System Performance Tool

 "tasklist" Command Line Tool to List Process Information

 "msconfig" - System Configuration Tool

 Configuring and Managing System Services

 Windows Registry Key and Value Management Tools

Startup Programs Removal for Better System Performance

 System Extremely Slow - Bad Startup Programs

 Getting a List of Startup Programs Using HijackThis

 Startup Program Configuration - System Registry

 Startup Program Configuration - User Startup Folder

 Removing ApacheMonitor.exe as a Startup Program

 Removing BaiduX.exe as a Startup Program

 Removing OpenOffice quickstart.exe as a Startup Program

 Removing Microsoft Office OSA9.exe as a Startup Program

 Removing GoogleUpdater.exe as a Startup Program

 Removing NetZero exec.exe as a Startup Program

Removing YahooMessenger.exe as a Startup Program

 Removing GoogleToolbarNotifier.exe as a Startup Program

 Removing Java Update jusched.exe as a Startup Program

 Winsock - Windows Sockets API

 Java on Windows

 Glossary of Terms

 Outdated Tutorials

 References

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