What is this in my startup?

inderocker · 09-19-2006, 12:21 AM

i have a rather odd item on my startup, what is it? (highlighted item in photo)
thanks, daniel

**The_Other_One** · 09-19-2006, 01:10 AM

Square times female?

What's the location? Maybe that'd give some more info on what it actually is... Though you have some other rather odd looking things like Yl? ANd M3b?

silverdark31 · 09-19-2006, 01:11 AM

EDIT: wait, I've typed something you know...

Well, it could be some sort of Virus or something Malicious... Close all programs in the System Tray and see if it's still there. If it is, Uncheck it. If it does something bad to your computer, run safe mode and check it again. If it does nothing, leave it unchecked.

gamerman4 · 09-19-2006, 01:34 AM

Downlaod this: http://www.mlin.net/files/StartupCPL.zip
it puts a Startup Manager in your Control Panel.
With this you can view more info about it.
1. Find the odd looking app. (There are tabs at the top if it isnt in that category.
2. Once found it should show you a full path to the .exe behind it. To copy and paste this path...
3. Right click and hit edit
4. Copy path and post the full path here.
From the name of the exe, its usually pretty easy to find out what it is.

inderocker · 09-19-2006, 02:37 AM

i took that one off the startup menu and restarted my computer... so i didn't come up. here are the others.

gamerman4 · 09-19-2006, 03:39 AM

tscxl32.exe looks bad, Google doesnt return any hits, i recommend u remove it
same with frershe.exe
Also, the NuzK63G.exe
those are the most suspicious ones, usually startup items with random sounding names are almost always bad and should be removed.

inderocker · 09-19-2006, 05:41 AM

cool, thanks.
i did a search for them and none of them came up.... wierd.

loque · 09-20-2006, 12:35 PM

All those random, cryptically named processes do not look good at all. However, even though they are still in the start-up list does not mean they will actually start if they have been deleted by an AV or by hand.

I'd give the machine a once over with Ad-Aware or something though. I notice you have SpySweeper in the list of processes so you've probably already done that though.

09-19-2006, 12:21 AM	#1 (permalink)
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09-19-2006, 01:10 AM	#2 (permalink)
The_Other_One Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lexington, NC Age: 23 Posts: 12,368	Square times female? What's the location? Maybe that'd give some more info on what it actually is... Though you have some other rather odd looking things like Yl? ANd M3b? __________________ Desktop * Athlon X2 4200 \| 2G RAM \| 160G HD \| 7600GT Laptop1 * C2D T5550 \| 3G RAM \| 120G HD \| Intel x3100 Laptop2 * C2D T5250 \| 2G RAM \| 160G HD \| Intel x3100

09-19-2006, 01:11 AM	#3 (permalink)
silverdark31 New Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: New York, NY Age: 17 Posts: 24	EDIT: wait, I've typed something you know... Well, it could be some sort of Virus or something Malicious... Close all programs in the System Tray and see if it's still there. If it is, Uncheck it. If it does something bad to your computer, run safe mode and check it again. If it does nothing, leave it unchecked. __________________ Dell GX240 * Pentium 4 Processor 1.80 Ghz * 384 MB RAM Primary HDD: 80GB * Secondary HDD: 20GB Primary Drive: CD+R/RW Drive * Secondary Drive: DVD-ROM Video Card: 16MB ATI Rage Ultra * USB Ports: 4 Ok, ok, maybe ATI and AMD aren't bad at all, but I would still prefer Nvidia and Intel. Last edited by silverdark31; 09-19-2006 at 01:14 AM.

09-19-2006, 01:34 AM	#4 (permalink)
gamerman4 Diamond Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Arkansas Age: 18 Posts: 1,307	Downlaod this: http://www.mlin.net/files/StartupCPL.zip it puts a Startup Manager in your Control Panel. With this you can view more info about it. 1. Find the odd looking app. (There are tabs at the top if it isnt in that category. 2. Once found it should show you a full path to the .exe behind it. To copy and paste this path... 3. Right click and hit edit 4. Copy path and post the full path here. From the name of the exe, its usually pretty easy to find out what it is. __________________ NZXT Nemesis Elite Black Intel Q6600 @ 3.20 Ghz COOLER MASTER RL-EUL-GBU1-GP Watercooling Gigabyte DS3R P965 HDDs: 2 x 80GB 1 x 250GB 1 x 500GB 1x 750GB 2 x 1GB Patriot Extreme Perf. DDR2 nVidia 8800GT 512MB Antec Smartpower 2.0 400 Watt

09-19-2006, 03:39 AM	#6 (permalink)
gamerman4 Diamond Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Arkansas Age: 18 Posts: 1,307	tscxl32.exe looks bad, Google doesnt return any hits, i recommend u remove it same with frershe.exe Also, the NuzK63G.exe those are the most suspicious ones, usually startup items with random sounding names are almost always bad and should be removed. __________________ NZXT Nemesis Elite Black Intel Q6600 @ 3.20 Ghz COOLER MASTER RL-EUL-GBU1-GP Watercooling Gigabyte DS3R P965 HDDs: 2 x 80GB 1 x 250GB 1 x 500GB 1x 750GB 2 x 1GB Patriot Extreme Perf. DDR2 nVidia 8800GT 512MB Antec Smartpower 2.0 400 Watt

09-19-2006, 02:37 AM	#5 (permalink)
inderocker New Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 8	i took that one off the startup menu and restarted my computer... so i didn't come up. here are the others.

09-19-2006, 05:41 AM	#7 (permalink)
inderocker New Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 8	cool, thanks. i did a search for them and none of them came up.... wierd.

09-20-2006, 12:35 PM	#8 (permalink)
loque Silver Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 132	All those random, cryptically named processes do not look good at all. However, even though they are still in the start-up list does not mean they will actually start if they have been deleted by an AV or by hand. I'd give the machine a once over with Ad-Aware or something though. I notice you have SpySweeper in the list of processes so you've probably already done that though. Last edited by loque; 09-20-2006 at 12:39 PM.

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