What are these programs for?

[hannibal_lecter]

I opened regedit and went to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. Then went to SOFTWARE. Then I found these programs: C07ft5Y, Codec tweak tool, divxnetworks, gemplus, S3R521, Schlumberger, x-avcsd. Can anyone explain what are these programs for? Thank you very much.

[2x3i5x]

Codec tweak tool --> do you have klite codec pack or something?

Divxnetwork --> do you have divx codec or divx codec bundle or some other codec pack that installs for your the divx codec?

x-avscd --> this should have came as part of the avira antivirus software installation.

C07ft5Y--> seems to be coming from a copy protection software or something ... not too sure

gemplus --> does this registry entry contain the subkeys: Cryptography, SmartCards and GemSAFE which are stuff related to smart cards? Itīs a part of the standard installation of XP

Sclumberger --> Should be for smart cards, even if you don't use one ... but  it is installed by default in Windows XP. See this link]http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/sag_sc_use_sctypes.mspx]link for more help on that.

S3R521--> this I don't know but it seems ok.

You probably want to run Hijack this software and have a malware specialist of this forum to check that your computer is clean. Would be good to know if whether your computer is sick or not. 

[Helpmeh]

I know something that has info on all those. Google. Spending 5 minutes can save you hours waiting on a forum.

[BC_Programmer]

C07ft5Y is made by SecuROM.

[2x3i5x]

C07ft5Y is made by SecuROM.

oh SecuROM. Thank you. 

[hannibal_lecter]

Hi, 2x3i5x, helpmeh, BC_programmer: thank you very much for your really helpful answers. I am sorry for wasting your time. Next time i should search on google first before asking.
To 2x3i5x : oh, i see. Yes, i think i've just found the programs you mentioned. I'm gonna to follow your advices for sure. Thank you.

[hannibal_lecter]

Hi, again. i've just searched c07ft5y on google several minutes ago. And i only found one link for the keyword: c07ft5y. The link was home.no/nootrreok/c07ft5y.html. I followed the link and came accross this message: warning!!! Your computer contains various signs of viruses and malware programs presence. Your system requires immediate anti viruses check! System security will perform a quick and free scanning of your PC for viruses and malicious programs. My question: is this c07ft5y safe enough to dwell in my registry? Or should i delete it? I know little about computer and I'm just a bit paranoia with this c07ft5y (sorry). Thank you very much. 

[BC_Programmer]

only one hit? I got several thousand:

http://www.google.ca/#hl=en&source=hp&q=C07ft5Y&btnG=Google+Search&meta=&aq=f&oq=C07ft5Y&fp=a1047c2a76fad57b

[hannibal_lecter]

only one hit? I got several thousand:

http://www.google.ca/#hl=en&source=hp&q=C07ft5Y&btnG=Google+Search&meta=&aq=f&oq=C07ft5Y&fp=a1047c2a76fad57b

yeah, it seems you pinpointed further than me. I'll try it once again myself. Thank you.

[BC_Programmer]

but... regarding the key;

I was actually curious about that key myself, some time ago. it's been present on my XP desktop, as well as Vista laptop and new desktop build running vista.

In my case I have several keys underneath it reflecting the games I have installed that use that copy-protection technology, Age of empires 2, quake 4, Halo... etc.

while the name they chose certainly raises an eyebrow, looking past the name, it's really just a few morsels of irrelevant data- nothing to be concerned about. Again- I was quite curious about the key myself, and in fact ran Registry Monitor to find out what was accessing the key, to discover it was accessed when I played some of my games. After much investigation about the games that did and did not trigger the discovery I discovered each game that did access the mystery key had the "secuROM" copy protection.

Of course if I had simply done a google search I would have discovered that quite quickly, but I guess I like the thrill of the chase 

[hannibal_lecter]

but... regarding the key;

I was actually curious about that key myself, some time ago. it's been present on my XP desktop, as well as Vista laptop and new desktop build running vista.

In my case I have several keys underneath it reflecting the games I have installed that use that copy-protection technology, Age of empires 2, quake 4, Halo... etc.

while the name they chose certainly raises an eyebrow, looking past the name, it's really just a few morsels of irrelevant data- nothing to be concerned about. Again- I was quite curious about the key myself, and in fact ran Registry Monitor to find out what was accessing the key, to discover it was accessed when I played some of my games. After much investigation about the games that did and did not trigger the discovery I discovered each game that did access the mystery key had the "secuROM" copy protection.

Of course if I had simply done a google search I would have discovered that quite quickly, but I guess I like the thrill of the chase 

oh, i see. Thank you for explain this to me. So i no longer need to worry about this 'lovely key' hehe. Thank you very much. I think I was asking a silly question. Shame on me.