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Question Should I be concerned about these files in startup?

Sep 12, 2024
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Hey all,

I just discovered these 2 files with no icon, named 0 and ee8adea1-5cff-4cbc-ac8e-616162927479 with startup enabled? Should I be concerned?
As you can see in the image, the "open file location" option is also not clickable...

Windows Virus scan showed nothing, but idk how reliable that is.
Any help much appreciated! :)

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i keep pretty stringent settings for startup applications/services.

i would definitely remove them/disable them from starting,
find the file if possible and delete, or look into clearing them from memory, etc...

it could be something from a software update left behind that will be removed upon restarting or after some time, but i would not take the chance of some crap invading.