Malware should start the next time the system reboots so that it can continue with its activity.

Windows has certain features which can help a program to start when Windows boots. Here are few of them:

• Startup folders
• Run entries in registries
• Windows services
• Scheduled tasks
• Files that are executed at Windows start

Startup folders and run entries are referred to in a lot of places in this book. An explanation of these terms follows.