CyberEd #3 Autoruns

What happens when an Operating System boots up?

From the moment we boot up our personal computer, hundreds of services, programs and files are loaded into the memory and continue running till we shut it down. However, not all of them are mandatory for efficient functioning of the system. Most of them automatically run due to the permissions granted by the user at the time of their installation. Having unknown programs pop up post boot up is really something we should worry about and may often indicate a system compromise. So first order of business to how to check…