wqdfadads: sdqdad.exe - WTF?

[hut49]

My laptop is full of sh*t - years of neglect, so decided to clean up the disk. The Windows Disk-Cleanup thinggy didn't stand a chance and gives up, usually at the compression stage. Sometimes it bursts through this but seems unable to cope with the sheer volume of .tmp; .crap and all the other dross one acquires by spending a disproportionate amount of one's life working behind a pc.

Thinking that I had done a reasonable job of "tidying" and having a laptop that freezes regularly and BSODs occasionally, I tried a defrag - but each time it completes it tells me the disk needs a defrag. Tried several times even in Safe Mode, every time with the same result

So today I bought System Cleaner 4.9 and it found 150MB of files to clean up - GULP! - including 9500 cache files.

It also includes a Windows Startup Manager and I'm curious about 3 separate entries that were found in the registry. All were the same and a Google search failed to find them:

Program name: wqdfadads
Command line: sdqdad.exe

Anyone any clues as to what they might be??

[BliarOut]

Nope, easy way to find out if the file is essential is to rename it to .ex$ or something. You may get an error on boot up that points to the programme. Sounds like junk to me.

If it's not needed, remove it totally.

[GreenV8S]

Is the corresponding exe on your hard disk? If so, its location might give a hint about its origin.

[hut49]

No trace of the .exe on the hard disk so disabled the 3 entries in Windows Startup manager and rebooted. no problem, everything seems to work so took the plunge and deleted them. Everything works fine. A whole load of files weren't defragging, about 1Gb's worth, so had a quick look through them and deleted what I didn;t need. Now it defrags OK and the Disk Cleanup works fine. Net: I gained about 2Gb, the system now boots up and shuts down twice as fast or better.

Thanks for the guidance