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Hello @antares,
[1] I just investigated this for you and found this => What is SwUSB.exe =
[2] Have you run a Virus, Spyware, and Malware Scan?
I hope this helps.
Hello antares,
Right-click and get the name and path of the executable anytime you see something odd like this. Then you can google it and feel free to post the details here.
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Thanks everyone for your replies. Upon right click on the process in Task Manager, the file is named "SwUSB.exe" as Paul Black posted above and it seems to be legit as shown by the attached screenshot. I uploaded the file to VirusTotal and the report shows it's clean. Also, I ran a full scan with Windows Defender and my PC is also clean. I check the processs regularly and it seems not to use CPU, it seems to be of minimal impact. However, I don't like having non essential processes running in the background, I wonder if disabling it will cripple the system audio (Realtek drivers).
If can disable it from Task Manager - Startup tab, do that and see what happens after you reboot.
Try downloading Microsoft Sysinternals Autoruns and search to see how it's started and possibly disable it from there.
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