XP runs cmd.exe in dos window?

[blackhead]

When I boot up Windows XP, it gets to showing the desktop, but the a
Dos window pops up that tells me it's running cmd.exe from the sys32
directory , before disappearing again. I don't recall it ever doing
this before, so is it normal, but I've never noticed before?

 

[philo]

blackhead wrote:
> When I boot up Windows XP, it gets to showing the desktop, but the a
> Dos window pops up that tells me it's running cmd.exe from the sys32
> directory , before disappearing again. I don't recall it ever doing
> this before, so is it normal, but I've never noticed before?



No , not normal

unless it's a one time occurrence after installing some software

something is being run...possibly malware

You should investigate what's going on

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: "blackhead" <larryharson@softhome.net>

| When I boot up Windows XP, it gets to showing the desktop, but the a
| Dos window pops up that tells me it's running cmd.exe from the sys32
| directory , before disappearing again. I don't recall it ever doing
| this before, so is it normal, but I've never noticed before?

There is no DOS in WinXP.

CMD.EXE is the advanced batch interpreter of Windows XP and emulates DOS.

There is a BAT file that ran at boot up causing CMD.EXE to be executed and ran that batch
process thus the command prompt console windows you saw.

--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp

 

[Pegasus [MVP]]

"blackhead" <larryharson@softhome.net> wrote in message
news:422df347-e97c-4d52-bd9b-49316f1249ec@d27g2000yqf.googlegroups.com...
> When I boot up Windows XP, it gets to showing the desktop, but the a
> Dos window pops up that tells me it's running cmd.exe from the sys32
> directory , before disappearing again. I don't recall it ever doing
> this before, so is it normal, but I've never noticed before?

Have a look at your two Startup folders, or else examine the items under the
Startup tab under msconfig.exe.