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EDIT: I also posted my Farbar Scan Results here.

Hi all, I posted a thread earlier regarding this and here I am with my Farbar results (both FRST and Additional) as well as my Malwarebytes scan results. The issue that brought me here was my computer popping up with a black box that says "taskeng.exe" on the top. It would then disappear immediately. This happens pretty much every time I turn on my computer and/or open Chrome at some point. I've tried to look around at Microsoft forums and such for an answer to this question but I'm still not sure what's going on. I was told to see if is malware or not, check its location and make sure it's in C:\Windows\System32, which it is. I also was told that disabling "User_Feed_Synchronization" would potentially disable the taskeng.exe box from popping up. went into Task Scheduler and tried to disable User_Feed_Synchronization and that hasn't stopped the black box. I'm curious if I go under Task Scheduler again and "Edit Trigger" and completely disable it through expiring it, if that would help or if that would harm my computer at all. Anyways, here are my two Farbar logs attached as well as the Malwarebytes scan. Thank you so much anyone willing to help! malwarebytes.txt Addition.txt FRST.txt

Hey there everybody. I apologize if this has already been answered, but I wanted to get your advice on something as I have more than one question. My computer has been popping up with the black screen displaying "taskeng.exe" very quickly, and then it goes away. It usually only does this a bit after starting up and sometimes after opening Chrome. I looked this up and some people say it's fine, others say it could be a sign of a virus/spyware. I did open up task scheduler, go to the task scheduler library, and disabled a task called "User_Feed_Synchronization" after being advised to do so on a Microsoft forum regarding taskeng.exe issues. But apparently that didn't help, because I saw it again? Today I ran a scan with Malwarebytes and 6 threats were detected. I quarantined them, but have not deleted them yet. Should I? Do you think that would help my taskeng.exe problem? Problem is, after I did this scan, the taskeng.exe popup still came after the scan's restart. I will post my results here. Do you think the taskeng.exe is a virus, or don't worry about it? To anyone who replies, thank you so much!!! -Scan Summary- Scan Type: Custom Scan Result: Completed Objects Scanned: 227556 Threats Detected: 6 Threats Quarantined: 6 Time Elapsed: 12 hr, 5 min, 0 sec -Scan Options- Memory: Enabled Startup: Enabled Filesystem: Enabled Archives: Enabled Rootkits: Enabled Heuristics: Enabled PUP: Detect PUM: Detect -Scan Details- Process: 0 (No malicious items detected) Module: 0 (No malicious items detected) Registry Key: 3 PUP.Optional.ASK, HKLM\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\INTERNET EXPLORER\SEARCHSCOPES\{2FA28606-DE77-4029-AF96-B231E3B8F827}, Quarantined, [478], [341071],1.0.4030 PUP.Optional.ASK, HKLM\SOFTWARE\WOW6432NODE\MICROSOFT\INTERNET EXPLORER\SEARCHSCOPES\{2FA28606-DE77-4029-AF96-B231E3B8F827}, Quarantined, [478], [341071],1.0.4030 PUP.Optional.ASK, HKU\S-1-5-21-470504079-2056641531-4023931026-1000\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\INTERNET EXPLORER\SEARCHSCOPES\{2fa28606-de77-4029-af96-b231e3b8f827}, Quarantined, [478], [341071],1.0.4030 Registry Value: 3 PUP.Optional.ASK, HKU\S-1-5-21-470504079-2056641531-4023931026-1000\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\INTERNET EXPLORER\SEARCHSCOPES\{2fa28606-de77-4029-af96-b231e3b8f827}|URL, Quarantined, [478], [341071],1.0.4030 PUP.Optional.ASK, HKLM\SOFTWARE\WOW6432NODE\MICROSOFT\INTERNET EXPLORER\SEARCHSCOPES\{2fa28606-de77-4029-af96-b231e3b8f827}|URL, Quarantined, [478], [341070],1.0.4030 PUP.Optional.ASK, HKLM\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\INTERNET EXPLORER\SEARCHSCOPES\{2fa28606-de77-4029-af96-b231e3b8f827}|URL, Quarantined, [478], [341070],1.0.4030 Registry Data: 0 (No malicious items detected) Data Stream: 0 (No malicious items detected) Folder: 0 (No malicious items detected) File: 0 (No malicious items detected) Physical Sector: 0 (No malicious items detected)