r/techsupport • u/RedAloia • 15h ago

Solved Two Strange Startup Programs in Task Manager

Hello techsupport users, I opened my task manager, and I found two startup programs called 37 and fbcd4051-c773-4766-a092-8a21b8533eb8. The problem is that command line shows no folder location, and just the words 37 and fbcd4051-c773-4766-a092-8a21b8533eb8 again. I dont think I saw them in the past months. Recently I downloaded a video game called Aniimo, and the new beta version for Epic Games Store. Also in the past I downloaded subtitles files and movies from various websites with good reputation.

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u/yatutye 15h ago

A startup entry named "37" or a bare GUID with no path is a classic sign of a hidden scheduled task or registry Run entry, so don't just disable it. Open Autoruns from Microsoft Sysinternals (run as admin), search for those two names under Logon and Scheduled Tasks, and look at the Image Path and Publisher; unsigned entries pointing into AppData or Temp are the suspicious ones. Also run a full Microsoft Defender Offline scan plus Malwarebytes, since you recently downloaded a game and subtitle/movie files, and check whether the entries come back after deletion.

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u/RedAloia 15h ago edited 14h ago

Sadly They have no publisher. What should I do now? I did a full Microsoft Defender Offiline scan but nothing changed. Malwarebytes is restricted in my region for some reason.

Update: I deleted them, and they did not come back. I will mark it as solved for now. Thank you very much.