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The thread’s main topic is a Windows 7 user seeing an unfamiliar startup entry for **gidle.exe** (located under the user’s AppData roaming path) and asking whether it’s malware or safe to remove after scans with multiple security tools return nothing. The key questions are whether disabling/removing the entry in **msconfig** is advisable and what else should be checked beyond routine scans, given that the file isn’t detected by common antivirus/anti-malware programs. Overall sentiment is cautious and problem-solving, with the initial response being to verify the file’s purpose/location and consider removing it if it persists or can’t be explained.
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Alphadog

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I hope this is the right forum for this but if not please move it. Yesterday when i logged on this came up gidle.exe. I went online to find out what this was. It could be a virus or malware or some other nastys. I have ran sever scans with these software.


Spybot
Malwarebytes
Nod32 anti virus
Windows defender scanner
Crap cleaner
windows 7 registry scanner

So far nothing shows up or any thing with gidle.exe in it. Another thing i tryed was looking in msconfig. I went into start up programs and i found it there. So i unchecked it.
gidle
unknown c://users/val/APPDATA/ROAMING/GIDLE.EXE/HK1M/SOFTWARE/MICROSOFT/WINDOWS/CURRENT/VERSION/RUN


Should i try to get rid of this or just let it be? My OS is Windows 7 U and my browser is google chrome.
 

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