Odd Service

Discussion in 'Software' started by brandypeppy, Feb 13, 2009.

  1. brandypeppy

    brandypeppy MajorGeek

    I was helping someone else here and I always double check my advice against my own computer. Under services.msc, I found a service, not started but set to manual, named JRVYRQDQX. This sure seems like malware but I very recently went through READ ME RUN ME check and Chaslang said my logs looked clean. I do have some corrupt files but apparently not related to malware. My computer runs great so I haven't yet pursued a fix-up.

    So I searched the computer for that odd name and turned up nothing. So in regedit I ran the search and found it as follows:
    HKEY_LOCALMACHINE_SYSTEMCONTROL SET001_ROOT_LEGACY_JRVYRQDQX DEFAULT VALUE NOT SET NEXT INSTANCE 0X0000001
    (Not sure if I used the proper format for the key).

    What the heck could this be? Can I/should I delete it? Would appreciate help from any registry experts out there. Is there any signifcance to this key's location, i.e., what does this part of the registry normally control?
     
  2. plodr

    plodr MajorGeek Super Extraordinaire Moderator Staff Member

    Should the proper registry key be
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/ControlSet001/Enum/Root/LEGACY_JRVYRQDQX
    If so, don't worry about it. Legacy items are leftovers from removed things. You don't have an easy time of trying to remove it from the registry.

    As far as the entry in service, can you change that to disabled?
     
  3. brandypeppy

    brandypeppy MajorGeek

    Yes, that is exactly it, and I disabled the service. THANK YOU for the help!
     

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