Strange C: Drive Letters/Annoying Windows Message

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jek1862

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I have two issues:

1) On my C: drive, it now says fvrfvrv (C:). What is this "fvrfvrv" and how can I get rid of it.

2) I get an annoying Windows popup message on startup and during operation it pops on when I remove it. It says: "Windows has blocked some startup programs. Windows blocks programs that require permission to run when Windows starts. Click to view blocked programs." When I click it, up comes up Windows Defender. However, on everything's "classification" it says "permitted". I would like to know why I am getting this message and how to stop it.

Thank you.
Ignore that silly smiley face. It is C: in parentheses.
 
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On the C drive label, it's easy: just rename it like any other folder.
Why don't you find each program that appears on the list, and right-click it, and click "Properties". In the compatibility tab, check "Run as Administrator". Click OK. You may have to deal with some UAC:angry: about that, I wouldn't know :), I found documentation on how to disable it way before I bought Win7. And that's the first thing I did when it had finished intalling.
 
I did the renaming and letters gone...thanks. How they got there in the first place, I do not know. Maybe some malware or something.
I want to add the following new information that may shed some light on my problem(s):

I ran my Avira anti-virus and did a scan. While I did not pick up any viruses, etc., it DID pick up a whopping 138 "hidden objects". I did not know what "hidden objects" meant so I did some checking around and it seems 'hidden objects' are system files and that some malware is in my system to have caused this result. I do regular maintenance for malware with several good pieces of software, and haven't come up with anything lately. Please reply as to what this 138 'hidden objects' results may indicate, if you have any ideas. Thanks.
 
About the letters, maybe you did that by accident. There's no harm in it, any way.
About the 138 objects, take care of them with your antivirus program. They could be virus files, from what I know. Don't go and delete them yourself, I repeat, TAKE CARE OF THEM WITH YOUR ANTIVIRUS PROGRAM. Try to clean them where possible. Your antivirus should prompt you.
 
Please follow this procedure so we can see if you have anything infectious on your system.

Please download Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware from here or here and save it to your desktop.
  • Double-click mbam-setup.exe and follow the prompts to install the program.
  • At the end, be sure a checkmark is placed next to
    • Update Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware
    • and Launch Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware
  • then click Finish.
  • If an update is found, it will download and install the latest version. Please keep updating until it says you have the latest version.
  • Once the program has loaded, select Perform quick scan, then click Scan.
  • When the scan is complete, click OK, then Show Results to view the results.
  • Be sure that everything is checked, and click Remove Selected.
  • A log will be saved automatically which you can access by clicking on the Logs tab within Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware

If you continue to experience problems after doing this, please post a HijackThis log by doing the following:

Download the HijackThis installer from here.
Run the installer and choose Install, indicating that you accept the licence agreement. The installer will place a shortcut on your desktop and launch HijackThis.

Click Do a system scan and save a logfile

Most of what HijackThis lists will be harmless or even essential, don't fix anything yet.

Post the logfile that HijackThis produces along with the Malwarebytes Anti-Malware log
 
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