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|    Re: XPSP3 - It's Malware - I think?    |
|    14 Dec 25 21:41:24    |
   
   From: Sh@dowbr.invalid   
      
   On Sat, 13 Dec 2025 08:28:52 +0000, Charlie+ wrote:   
      
   >I suddenly noticed on morning boot a few days ago a couple of extra   
   >screen flashes while XP was loading just after boot which made me   
   >suspicious.   
      
    Find a copy of CodeStuff Starter. I think Softpedia has it.   
    Then look at the startup and services areas and see if there   
   is anything suspicious there.   
    "Screen flashes" mean it's either extremely badly written   
   malware (these things tend to hide) or maybe it's not malware at   
   all....   
    HTH   
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