Strange Registry Key- Possible spyware

jman1505 said:

Cleaned the adware out, but the registry key is still there. I didn't get the exact thing in CCleaner when i scanned the registry, but something similar
Attachment 86219

Okay. I usually uncheck Help Files when I run Ccleaner on the registry, only because some program's help files are not fully initiated until they are run the first time.

It might be easier to run it, checking only one or two items at a time, so there are not so many things to evaluate at once. I would also have a look at your startup items and scheduled tasks (in Ccleaner Tools>Startup tab) for anything suspicious.

It seems to me that this reg key may be a leftover from a previous cleaning?

Have a look here first and see if any of these games ring a bell:
What is dfpatcher.exe ? dfpatcher.exe info

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jman1505 said:

Yup Special Forces is a game I played a long time ago. Uninstalled it when it shut down. Guess its safe to delete the key right?

There's nothing showing in installed programs to delete there?

jman1505 said:

nope

Okay, I would - just to be safe - back up your registry (or just the key, if you know how to do that), then go ahead and delete it. Then if you get any errors, you have your registry backed up to fix the problem.

Still, I think Ccleaner would have flagged that if there wasn't still something on your system using it...but we'll see.