AnotherForumUser Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Hi , First of all thanks many billions to Piriform for this great software to keep the PC clean and that too without being greedy like many other top software vendors Now, I checked Startup under Tools just this day , in windows tab everything is OK but under 'Scheduled tasks' some thing unknown please have a look and tell me what should I do of them All the programs that start with { are unknown tasks to me Please assist thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dvdbane Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 taken from here http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-windows_programs/what-does-pcaluaexe-do/5951f4b4-18f6-4b21-b925-ed5bb9032e9b pcalua.exe is the Program Compatibility Assistant. "The Program Compatibility Assistant is an automatic feature of Windows that runs when it detects an older program has a compatibility problem." to be safe, just disable the last 5 item but i think it will be enable / recreate when you run the software..for example Mobistel installer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willy2 Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Are the names of programs (that are behind "pcalua") familiar to you ? Do you have those programs installed ? If not, then disable or even remove those lines. System setup: http://speccy.piriform.com/results/gcNzIPEjEb0B2khOOBVCHPc A discussion always stimulates the braincells !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnotherForumUser Posted October 16, 2014 Author Share Posted October 16, 2014 Thanks a lot dvdbane and willy2 . I removed those all tasks that 'program compatibility assistant' ran except 'Vice city 2.exe' one because that is one program (game) I still have installed on PC. One of those , which is 'Yahvcfx[1].exe' is I think that malware which I accidently downloaded one time which my Kaspersky anti virus detected and removed but I am not too sure if it was that file , However if it was that malware, would it have affected my PC till now since the day it is running with 'pca'? Though I still use this antivirus I think It was just a trace of it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted October 16, 2014 Moderators Share Posted October 16, 2014 (edited) However if it was that malware, would it have affected my PC till now.. It could because often it takes several programs to clean up a malware infection and a virus scan nowadays doesn't necessarily remove everything or fix the damage left behind. For help removing malware visit a malware removal site listed in item 10 here: http://forum.piriform.com/index.php?showannouncement=15&f=4 Edited October 16, 2014 by Andavari Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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