Suspicious startup program

[LuDaCriS66]

I've got this program in my Startup in msconfig on Windows XP Home Edition that says
%systemroot%/system32 instead of an actual directory. Its called "dumprep 0 -k"
Have I been hacked? What the heck is it? I just realized it today.

And if I disable it in Msconfig, when I reboot and reach the desktop, it just tells me to change it back to normal startup. So if it is indeed something bad, how should I properly disable it?

Also, it runs itself through HKEY/Local Machine/Software/Microsoft/Windows/Current Version/Run/

It's associated with "KernelFaultCheck"

I've got about 5 different people using this computer but everyone has on their own account. Any ideas?

I've also run Norton Anti Virus and scanned the system but nothing came up..

 

[Apatewnas]

I have found this file in my computer too (c:\windows\system32\dumprep.exe) running Win Xp corporate. It appears to be a legit file with the description "Windows Error Reporting Dump Reporting Tool". If u check Control Panel/system/advanced/startup and recovery/settings u will notice at the bottom that there is a function called "write debugging onformation" and it's really a typical function for serious OSes after winNT. If a severe crash happens the system automatically dumps a pre-selected area of the main memory to help debug the error. Note that i use the setting "small memory dump 64k" and the referenced file is NOT loaded at startup. I hope this info cames handy...

 

[SinNisTeR]

*applause* i was about to say the exact same thing =P

 

[Apatewnas]

U can always copy paste my text it's NOT copyrighted mr.SinNisTeR

 

[SinNisTeR]

oooooh i got called mr. ... i feel like somebody special #)



hehehe

 

[n0cmonkey]

<< oooooh i got called mr. ... i feel like somebody special #)



hehehe >>



Nah, he just said you are old