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Comment by Xeogin
about Autoruns · Jun 2011 · Helpful Not helpful Report as spam

Simply the best at what is does, it shows you everything you need to access and more. Great for both preventing things from running at start-up, and for removing extra menus you don't want to see. Also a virus-busting must.

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