unusual start up item

I am running Win XP sp3 on a small office network. In msconfig startup there are two entries they are exactly the same except one ends with load and the other run. The startup item name; is 10 little squares , the command is also 10 little squares and the location is HKCU\SOFTWARE\microsoft\windowsNT\current version\windows:load I disabled the two items in startup but now they are enabled again and when I start my computer I get a error message that windows cannot find; (file name) the little squares again. Does anyone know what these entries are? I ran HJT and this is how they came up there: except one load and one run F3 - REG:win.ini: load=????????

Sure sounds suspicious. Go to the Spyware / Malware / Virus Removal forum, read the info there and follow the posted directions. Once you receive a clean bill of health, come back here if you have any additional questions or concerns or it turns out not to be a malware problem.

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Thanks I will do that.