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I went to shutdown one program that had frozen on me in task manager. While searching for said program I found these in the processes list. I know that taskhosw.exe is important to running Windows but what are the other 2? The "registerDevice -Periodic" and the string of numbers and letters. I've never seen those those two before. Is it normal to see these running in the background? or is it malicious?
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Thank you for reaching out! As an Independent Advisor and fellow Microsoft user, I'm happy to assist you.
Those tasks don't seem malicious. Make sure you didn't download something suspicious lately. If you are concerned, I suggest you run a full virus scan and keep your windows updated. Please let me know if you have any questions.
