Windows 10: Two start up applications "C8df" and "1"? Should I be concerned?

Good morning everyone! I have recently opened my task manager and I saw two concerning applications showing up on the startup section. I haven't touched them nor disabled them and I'm concerned on what might happen if I do? I even ran Microsoft defender to make sure I don't have any virus and it says everything is fine, but that doesn't ease my worries. Any advice?

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Explorer.exe, Werfault.exe, RuntimeBroker.exe (application errors). start wont come up and application errors wont go

Hi James,



Thank you for your response with the current update on the issue.

To assist you to better, please provided us the information below:

• Have you tried to perform all the steps provided in the previous post?
• Have you created another user account as suggested in the step 2?

Please try to perform the step 1 and step 2 provided in the previous post. Let us know of the results after performing it.

Please get back to us with an update on issue with Start Menu and running application, we will be happy to help.



Thank you.

 

KB3197954 causing application start error 0xc22

To further help you with your issue,
follow the troubleshooting
methods below:


Method 1: Clean boot the system

To check if there isn't any 3rd party software conflict, i.e., if any 3rd party application or startup item is causing
the issue, you may try to clean boot the system and check for the issue. To perform a clean boot, refer to this

link.

Note:
Refer
"How to reset the computer to start normally after clean boot troubleshooting"
to reset the computer to start as normal after troubleshooting.

Method 2: SFC scan

We also suggest you to scan your system with the System file checker to resolve any corruption with the program
files. To do so, follow these steps:

• 
  Go to
  Start, click
  All Programs
  and open
  Accessories.
  
• 
  Right-click on
  Command Prompt
  in the Program list and then select
  Run as administrator. If you are prompted for an administrator password or for
  confirmation, type your password, or click OK.
  
• 
  In the Command Prompt, type the following command, and then press
  ENTER:
  
  

sfc /scannow

For further reference, refer to this

link.

Method 3:

We also suggest you to check if there is any application called "CA
Internet Suite" installed in your system. If you find such an application, follow these steps to uninstall the application:

• 
  Open
  Programs and Features
  by clicking the
  Start
  button, click
  Control Panel, go to
  Programsand then click
  Programs and Features.
  
• 
  Select the program, and then click
  Uninstall. If you're prompted for an administrator password or confirmation,
  type the password or provide confirmation.
  

Let
us know how it goes.

 

How to Get Started with a New Computer

You can't do any of this until you go through the initial login. After that the steps you listed are a good start though I use the builtin Windows Defender along with Malwarebytes Anti-malware Premium and Anti-exploit. #2 is key as far as I'm concerned. I backup every Friday using Macrium reflect Pro set for 1 full and 6 incremental.