anat_s Posted January 4, 2014 ID:773342 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Hello, I ran a full scan using MalwareBytes and one of the items found was a registry key Registry Keys Detected: 1HKCR\AppID\{72D89EBF-0C5D-4190-91FD-398E45F1D007} (PUP.Optional.DefaultTab.A) -> Quarantined and deleted successfully. I kept it quarantined for a few daysCan i delete it? I don't know what is the use of this key...Will my computer work fine if i will delete it?Is this malicious? please help!! Thank's a lot!Anat Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrCharlie Posted January 4, 2014 ID:773346 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Yes you can delete that without any problems. MrC Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
anat_s Posted January 4, 2014 Author ID:773349 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Do you what is it?Thank you!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrCharlie Posted January 4, 2014 ID:773354 Share Posted January 4, 2014 It's a leftover registry entry from Default Tab: http://malwaretips.com/blogs/default-tab-search-bar-removal/ MrC Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
anat_s Posted January 4, 2014 Author ID:773359 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Thank you very much for your help!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrCharlie Posted January 4, 2014 ID:773388 Share Posted January 4, 2014 OK...MrC Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDTate Posted January 6, 2014 ID:774353 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Since this issue is resolved I will close the thread to prevent others from posting here. If you need assistance please start your own topic and someone will be happy to assist you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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