• How do I know if these are acceptable startup programs.

    From micky@NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com to alt.comp.os.windows-11 on Wed Feb 11 15:20:26 2026
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    I use Anvir Task Manager, which has 3 or 4 features useful to me. I'll
    be glad to tell you about them.

    One feature that tends to confuse me is that whenever something attempts
    to add a new startup program, it asks for my approval. Choices are
    allow, quarantine, or delete.

    But it's hard to know what to do. It seems that they are all legit,
    even if some I don't happen to want. But there must be some evil ones
    running around or they wouldn't have written this code in the first
    place. Today there were 5. HOw do I know whether to accept them or
    not? How do I even know if they are using their real name or the name
    of a good file when they are in fact malware?

    C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\iigd_dch.inf_amd64_6d5820df0105f0e9\
    C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\iigd_dch.inf_amd64_6d5820df0105f0e9\
    the first one twice, it seems. C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\igcc_dch.inf_amd64_bcf814bde8c7d26
    C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\cui_dch.inf_amd64_0e0cef3aab259dd1\
    and C:\Users\mmm\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneDrive\26.012.0119.0002_1\OneDriveLauncher.exe
    /startInstances
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  • From Paul@nospam@needed.invalid to alt.comp.os.windows-11 on Wed Feb 11 15:59:39 2026
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    On Wed, 2/11/2026 3:20 PM, micky wrote:
    I use Anvir Task Manager, which has 3 or 4 features useful to me. I'll
    be glad to tell you about them.

    One feature that tends to confuse me is that whenever something attempts
    to add a new startup program, it asks for my approval. Choices are
    allow, quarantine, or delete.

    But it's hard to know what to do. It seems that they are all legit,
    even if some I don't happen to want. But there must be some evil ones running around or they wouldn't have written this code in the first
    place. Today there were 5. HOw do I know whether to accept them or
    not? How do I even know if they are using their real name or the name
    of a good file when they are in fact malware?

    C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\iigd_dch.inf_amd64_6d5820df0105f0e9\
    C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\iigd_dch.inf_amd64_6d5820df0105f0e9\
    the first one twice, it seems. C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\igcc_dch.inf_amd64_bcf814bde8c7d26
    C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\cui_dch.inf_amd64_0e0cef3aab259dd1\
    and C:\Users\mmm\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneDrive\26.012.0119.0002_1\OneDriveLauncher.exe
    /startInstances


    The INF, they should be text inside, so you could examine them with Notepad. The ones with an "i" are likely for your integrated graphics. Even the cui one appears to be Intel.

    The OneDriveLauncher is a Microsoft item, presumably there to start OneDrive early. One of its jobs might even be to check for updates for the software.

    As long as these items correlate with an official activity you were
    carrying out (you downloaded the Intel driver and then all those ones
    started popping up), then they're likely safe. If they were popping up for
    no reason (your hands were off-keyboard and stuff came flying in),
    then you would be more curious about the origin.

    Microsoft updates Apps all the time and the Reliability Monitor shows the activity.
    But the OneDrive, I don't know for sure whether that one is in there too. OneDrive
    got removed on my daily driver (tragic accident, OneDrive carried away on a stretcher).

    Paul
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  • From Andy Burns@usenet@andyburns.uk to alt.comp.os.windows-11 on Wed Feb 11 21:06:34 2026
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    micky wrote:

    C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\iigd_dch.inf_amd64_6d5820df0105f0e9\
    C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\iigd_dch.inf_amd64_6d5820df0105f0e9\
    the first one twice, it seems. C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\igcc_dch.inf_amd64_bcf814bde8c7d26
    C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\cui_dch.inf_amd64_0e0cef3aab259dd1\


    Those are all intel GPU related, the other OneDrive is self explanatory.

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