| Status | Autorun name | Aufruf | Beschreibung |
| X | ApplicationProtocolRun | smsbvl32.exe | Added by the IRCBOT-CX TROJAN! |
| U | AppPlus | AppPlus.exe | AppPlus - "menu bar or tray launcher that docks to your desktop, floats or sits in your System Tray. Create graphic/text-based buttons that launch any number of programs, Websites, e-mail addresses or folders (which open in the AppPlus Menu System)" |
| ? | ApproveItForOfficeSetup | ApproveItForOfficeSetup.exe | Related to ApproveIt Desktop from Silanis Technology Inc - "off-the-shelf electronic approval software for the automation of business approval processes within and amongst enterprises." What does it do and is it required? |
| X | Appstart | Appstart.exe | Added by the BANKER.CUE TROJAN! |
| X | APRfx | lzxconf.exe | Added by the AGENT-DML TROJAN! |
| ? | AprvRemoveLegacyExcelKeys | AprvClean.exe | Related to ApproveIt Desktop from Silanis Technology Inc - "off-the-shelf electronic approval software for the automation of business approval processes within and amongst enterprises." What does it do and is it required? |
| ? | AprvRemoveLegacyWordKeys | AprvClean.exe | Related to ApproveIt Desktop from Silanis Technology Inc - "off-the-shelf electronic approval software for the automation of business approval processes within and amongst enterprises." What does it do and is it required? |
| Y | Apvxd | APVXDWIN.EXE | Part of Panda Antivirus and Internet Security. Required to enable permanent virus protection |
| Y | Apvxdwin | APVXDWIN.EXE | Part of Panda Antivirus and Internet Security. Required to enable permanent virus protection |
| Y | APVXDWIN | ClShield.exe | "Panda ClientShield with TruPrevent is designed for companies that want the best protection for their workstations. It protects against viruses and other known and unknown threats including spam, spyware, dangerous or time-wasting content, phishing scams, hackers and intruders" |
| X | Apvxdwin | APVXDWIN.exe | Added by the LAZAR.B TROJAN! Note - this is not the legitimate Panda security file with the same name which is located in a %Program Files%\Panda Software sub-directory. This one is located in %System% |
| Y | Apwheel | Apwheel.exe | Wheel support for an Alps mouse |
| X | apyginapygin | simenu.exe | Added by the SDBOT.BTR WORM! |
| U | AQ3HelperStartUp | AQ3HEL~1.EXE | ScreenScenes "Aquatica Water Worlds" screensaver. The freeware version comes with GAIN branded ads (pop-ups and others). ScreenScenes do however offer you the option of doing away with the ads by purchasing the screensaver for a whopping $30. Please note that Claria Corporation no longer support GAIN-Supported software - see here |
| X | aqadcup | aqadcup.exe | Added by the AGENT.BG BACKDOOR! |
| Y | Aqua Dock | Aqua Dock.exe | Aqua Dock - 'free program that allows you to have an "OS X" style, nice animated launchbar/taskbar on your screen that reacts to your mouse when you mouse over it. Users can customize the look of each item on the dock and set various animation options for when the mouse is over an item on the dock. It is very easy to configure' |
| U | Aquarium Desktop | AquariumDesktop.exe | Animated desktop gadget included with the Aquarium Desktop theme for MyColors from Stardock Corporation |
| U | Aquarium Desktop | AquariumDesktop2006.exe | Animated desktop gadget included with the Aquarium 2006 theme for MyColors from Stardock Corporation |
| X | Aqujyjax | [path to file] | Added by the RANCK-CQ TROJAN! |
| X | Aqujyjax | aqujyjax.exe | Added by the SDBOT-YC WORM! |
| X | ara-key | [random filename] | Added by the ANTINNY WORM! |
| ? | ArabLionZ Drive | ArabLionZ.Drive.exe | ArabLionZ Drive - part of ArabLionZ XP Tools. What does it do and is it required? |
| Y | ArcaCheck | ArcaCheck.exe | Part of the ArcaVir antivirus suite from Polish company Arcabit. What does this part do? |
| N | ArcadeDeluxeAgent | ArcadeDeluxeAgent.exe | Part of the re-branded version of CyberLink's PowerCinema digital home entertainment software included on some Acer systems. Equivalent to the PCMAgent.exe entry and speeds up the launch of the main program. Only required on slower/older systems and if disabled it loads when required via an instance of svchost.exe |
| X | arcaderockstar | arcaderockstar32.exe | Arcade Rockstar (now Gamevance) - free arcade games and prize tournaments. The program itself is clean, but the TOS and privacy statement say that you agree to allow the program to track/report your surfing and put popup advertising on your computer |
| X | Archive | archive.exe | Adware - detected by Kaspersky as the CENTIM.A TROJAN! |
| X | ARCHIVE CONTROL | fixupdattr.exe | Added by the MYTOB.GU WORM! |
| N | ArcSoft Connect | ACDaemon.exe | Used to serve notice of product information and updates when running ArcSoft products such as TotalMedia, PhotoStudio 6 and Print Creations. Set the associated ArcSoft Connect Daemon (ACService.exe) service to Manual (via Start → Control Panel → Administrative Tools → Services) and run this entry manually via the Start menu when required |
| N | ArcSoft Connection Service | ACDaemon.exe | Used to serve notice of product information and updates when running ArcSoft products such as TotalMedia, PhotoStudio 6 and Print Creations. Set the associated ArcSoft Connect Daemon (ACService.exe) service to Manual (via Start → Control Panel → Administrative Tools → Services) and run this entry manually via the Start menu when required |
| N | ARCSolo Recovery | N/A | Backup software by Computer Associates - no longer supported |
| U | Arctosa | razerhid.exe | Razer Arctosa gaming keyboard driver - required if you use the additional features and programmed keys/macros |
| U | Ardamax Keylogger | akl.exe | Ardakey keystroke logger/monitoring program - remove unless you installed it yourself! |
| N | ares | ares.exe | "Ares is a free open source file sharing program that enables users to share any digital file including images, audio, video, software, documents, etc" |
| N | areslite | AresLite.exe | "Ares is a free open source file sharing program that enables users to share any digital file including images, audio, video, software, documents, etc" |
| U | Argentum Backup | ab.exe | Argentum Backup - a small backup program that lets you easily back up your documents and folders |
| X | argq32 | csrss_32.exe | Added by the RBOT-CPM WORM! |
| X | Aritima | aritima.exe | Added by the ARITIM WORM! |
| X | Arman | [path to worm] | Added by the IRCBOT-TG WORM! |
| U | ARMOR2NET | Armor2net.exe | Related to Armor2net personal firewall (possibly contains or is related to a product known as ArmorWall - which is a known rogue, see here - hence the "U" recommendation) |
| X | ArmorDefender | ArmorDefender.exe | ArmorDefender rogue security software - not recommended, removal instructions here |
| U | army logo | readmename.exe | Torrent101 potentially unwanted torrent client application that installs a Browser Helper Object and displays advertisements |
| X | aromis | aromis.exe | Added by the NUWAR.JQ WORM! |
| N | AROReminder | aro.exe | Advanced Registry Optimizer - "scan, identify, clean and repair errors in your Windows registry with a single click". Reminder that states that you are in trial mode |
| U | Arovax AntiSpyware | arovaxantispyware.exe | Part of Arovax AntiSpyware from Arovax, LLC - that offers an "innovating, powerful, speedy and extremely easy to use Spyware protection program". Runs a system scan when Windows starts and adds a System Tray icon |
| Y | Arovax Shield | ArovaxShield.exe | Part of Arovax Shield from Arovax, LLC - that "detects and notifies you about all major online threats trying to penetrate your system, isolates & blocks them". Runs the main program in the background and adds a System Tray icon |
| U | arovaxantispyware | arovaxantispyware.exe | Part of Arovax AntiSpyware from Arovax, LLC - that offers an "innovating, powerful, speedy and extremely easy to use Spyware protection program". Runs a system scan when Windows starts and adds a System Tray icon |
| Y | ArovaxShield | ArovaxShield.exe | Part of Arovax Shield from Arovax, LLC - that "detects and notifies you about all major online threats trying to penetrate your system, isolates & blocks them". Runs the main program in the background and adds a System Tray icon |
| U | ARPWRMSG | ARPWRMSG.EXE | "Away Mode" feature added with Update Rollup 2 for Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 that allows the computer to appear off to the user while it continues to perform tasks that do not require user input, such as recording television and viewing Media Center Extender sessions. For more information see here |
| U | Artera | arteraui.exe | Artera Turbo Internet Accelerator - "surf faster, boost download speed". Only required if you find it helps improve your performance |
| X | Arucer | rundll32 Arucer.dll,Arucer | Provides support for the Energizer UsbCharger (Energizer UsbCharger.exe) utility that detects and shows the charging status for the Energizer® Duo USB/mains battery charger. Note - it appears that the product has now been withdrawn from the Energizer product line-up after it was discovered that this file contains the ARUGIZER TROJAN |
| X | Arucer Dynamic Link Library | rundll32 Arucer.dll,Arucer | Provides support for the Energizer UsbCharger (Energizer UsbCharger.exe) utility that detects and shows the charging status for the Energizer® Duo USB/mains battery charger. Note - it appears that the product has now been withdrawn from the Energizer product line-up after it was discovered that this file contains the ARUGIZER TROJAN |
| ? | AS00 Gear511 | Gear511.exe | Software for Netgear wireless network cards. Unknown whether it is required for the wireless card to run but does not seem to be a resource hog. Not required for laptop to run if the wireless network card will not be used. Is it at all required? |
| U | AS00_WN511B | WN511B.exe | Netgear RangeMax NEXT wireless adapter configuration utility |
| ? | AS00_WPN511 | WPN511.exe | NetgearRev MFC Application - software for Netgear wireless network cards - what does it do and is it required in startup? |
| Y | ASA.exe | ASA.exe | Bell Aliant Servicepoint Agent tool installed when you choose to install their internet security suite - sourced by Radialpoint. Apart from downloading the suite installation files, the exact purpose is unknown at this time but it may be used to source critical updates and alerts so should therefore be left enabled |
| X | asam | asam.exe | Added by the FAKEAV-BGU TROJAN! |
| X | ASC-AntiSpyware | WinCleaner.exe | WinCleaner 2009 rogue security software - not recommended, removal instructions here |
| X | ASC-AntiSpyware | WinAntivirus.exe | Win Antivirus Vista/XP rogue security software - not recommended, removal instructions here |
| X | asc32 | asc 2.1.exe | AntiSpyCheck rogue spyware remover - not recommended, removal instructions here |
| X | asccacA | asacsqgl.exe | Added by the MULTIDRP.AA TROJAN! |
| N | AsCmd | AsCmd.exe | Part of the AI Direct Link data transfer utility included with some ASUS motherboards. "Lightning Fast Data Linkage between Your PC & Laptop AI Direct Link can easily and efficiently transfer large amounts of data via the network cable - saving up to 70% of the total time taken. With AI Direct Link, it becomes easy to backup or share large data files like movies or other media content". The exact purpose it unknown and it doesn't remain in memory. Loading AI Direct Link via Start → All Porgrams runs this file which loads the associated System Tray entry (AsShare.exe) |
| N | AsCmd.exe | AsCmd.exe | Part of the AI Direct Link data transfer utility included with some ASUS motherboards. "Lightning Fast Data Linkage between Your PC & Laptop AI Direct Link can easily and efficiently transfer large amounts of data via the network cable - saving up to 70% of the total time taken. With AI Direct Link, it becomes easy to backup or share large data files like movies or other media content". The exact purpose it unknown and it doesn't remain in memory. Loading AI Direct Link via Start → All Porgrams runs this file which loads the associated System Tray entry (AsShare.exe) |
| X | ASDd | ASDd.exe | AntiSpywareDeluxe rogue security software - not recommended, removal instructions here |
| X | ASDPLUGIN | dsldbaccess.exe | AsdPlug premium rate adult content dialer |
| X | ASDPLUGIN | canada.exe | AsdPlug premium rate adult content dialer |
| X | ASDPLUGIN | france.exe | AsdPlug premium rate adult content dialer |
| X | ASDPLUGIN | fullgames.exe | AsdPlug premium rate adult content dialer |
| X | ASDPLUGIN | 100171be.exe | AsdPlug premium rate adult content dialer |
| X | ASDPLUGIN | 100176br.exe | AsdPlug premium rate adult content dialer |
| X | ASDPLUGIN | adult1.exe | AsdPlug premium rate adult content dialer |
| X | ASDPLUGIN | Austria.exe | AsdPlug premium rate adult content dialer |
| X | ASDPLUGIN | belgium_nm.exe | AsdPlug premium rate adult content dialer |
| X | ASDPLUGIN | czech.exe | AsdPlug premium rate adult content dialer |
| X | ASDPLUGIN | dbaccess.exe | AsdPlug premium rate adult content dialer |
| X | ASDPLUGIN | dslgeaccess.exe | AsdPlug premium rate adult content dialer |
| X | ASDPLUGIN | Finland.exe | AsdPlug premium rate adult content dialer |
| X | ASDPLUGIN | geaccess.exe | AsdPlug premium rate adult content dialer |
| X | ASDPLUGIN | mexico.exe | AsdPlug premium rate adult content dialer |
| X | ASDPLUGIN | netherlands.exe | AsdPlug premium rate adult content dialer |
| X | ASDPLUGIN | turkey.exe | AsdPlug premium rate adult content dialer |
| X | ASDPLUGIN | uk_nm.exe | AsdPlug premium rate adult content dialer |
| X | ASDPLUGIN | Xadult1.exe | AsdPlug premium rate adult content dialer |
| X | ASDPLUGIN | temp532.exe | AsdPlug premium rate adult content dialer |
| X | asdsaxcxz13 | dasxcsx13.exe | Added by the LEGMIR-ARF TROJAN! |
| X | asdx | xwinrpc32.exe | Added by the AGOBOT.VO WORM! |
| N | ASE Scheduler | ASE Scheduler.exe | Aluria Software's spyware removal tool - we can't really recommend this product as Aluria have recently partnered with WhenU, the well known adware company, see here and here |
| X | asejet | uyohuvax.exe | Added by the SDBOT-VE WORM! |
| U | ASER | vmaser.exe | MailRedirector surveillance software. Uninstall this software unless you put it there yourself |
| Y | Ashampoo AntiSpyWare 2 | AntiSpyWare2Guard.exe | Part of Ashampoo® AntiSpyWare 2 from Ashampoo GmbH & Co. KG. This part is the realtime monitor that looks for changes on the users system such as BHO, Winsock LSPs, Windows Hosts file, Autostart entries, etc |
| Y | Ashampoo AntiSpyWare 2 Guard | AntiSpyWare2Guard.exe | Part of Ashampoo® AntiSpyWare 2 from Ashampoo GmbH & Co. KG. This part is the realtime monitor that looks for changes on the users system such as BHO, Winsock LSPs, Windows Hosts file, Autostart entries, etc |
| Y | Ashampoo AntiVirus Service | GuardGui.exe | System Tray access to the main user interface for Ashampoo® AntiVirus from Ashampoo GmbH & Co. KG. |
| U | Ashampoo Core Tuner | ct.exe | Ashampoo® Core Tuner from Ashampoo GmbH & Co. KG - a utility which helps you to get the most out of a multi-processor (or dual core) computer. "For instant results you just need to select Auto-Optimize to optimize all the programs you are running or Boost to give more power to a single program". This entry loads Core Tuner with Windows (required if you use any optimized profiles) and gives System Tray access |
| Y | Ashampoo FireWall | FireWall.exe | Ashampoo® Firewall FREE from Ashampoo GmbH & Co. KG |
| Y | Ashampoo FireWall PRO | FireWall.exe | Ashampoo® Firewall PRO from Ashampoo GmbH & Co. KG |
| U | Ashampoo HDD Control Guard | HDDControlGuard.exe | Part of Ashampoo® HDD Control from Ashampoo GmbH & Co. KG - a hard drive monitoring utility which also incorporates defragmentation and cleaners for browsing history and unnecessary files. This entry loads the Ashampoo HDD Control Guard component on startup which runs in the background and monitors the hard drives and provides System Tray access |
| U | Ashampoo Magical Defrag | aDefragCtrl.exe | System Tray access to the main user interface for Ashampoo® Magical Defrag from Ashampoo GmbH & Co. KG - which "runs in the background as a service, defragmenting when necessary to keep the hard disk tidy" |
| U | Ashampoo Magical Optimizer Taskplaner | AMO_TA~1.EXE | Part of Ashampoo® Magical Optimizer from Ashampoo GmbH & Co. KG - which removes stagnant and unnecessary hard drive files, deletes Internet tracks and streamlines the registry by erasing invalid and orphaned entries. The Taskplaner automates this system optimization according to the user defined schedule and gives System Tray access to the main program |
| U | Ashampoo Magical Optimizer Taskplaner | AMO_TA~1.EXE | Part of Ashampoo® Magical Optimizer from Ashampoo GmbH & Co. KG - which removes stagnant and unnecessary hard drive files, deletes Internet tracks and streamlines the registry by erasing invalid and orphaned entries. The Taskplaner automates this system optimization according to the user defined schedule and gives System Tray access to the main program |
| N | ashampoo Magical UnInstall | MagicalUnInstall.exe | Ashampoo® Magical UnInstall from Ashampoo GmbH & Co. KG - which monitors each new program installation, saving a log of the current configuration and using this as a reference to completely uninstall it if you chose to do so at a later date |
| U | Ashampoo PopUpBlocker | PopUpKiller.exe | Ashampoo popup blocker, part of Magical Security (was Privacy Protector Plus) |
