Windows 10: Discovered what the Mysterious Update item in startup that claims to be from github is.

Discus and support Discovered what the Mysterious Update item in startup that claims to be from github is. in Windows 10 Network and Sharing to solve the problem; after seeing this weird Update item in the startup on task manager I decided to see what it was and saw a lot of people here had no clue what added it.... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Network and Sharing' started by AlphaFireBeast, Jan 8, 2021.

  1. ALPHAFIREBEAST
    AlphaFireBeast Win User

    Discovered what the Mysterious Update item in startup that claims to be from github is.


    after seeing this weird Update item in the startup on task manager I decided to see what it was and saw a lot of people here had no clue what added it. I managed to figure it out by doing the following:

    1. In task manager, I right-clicked the strange Update item and clicked Open File Location
    2. Seeing it was a .exe file I got concerned but proceeded and Right-clicked and clicked Properties where I got my answer.

    In Properties is where my confusion got solved the EXE is from the messaging, and chatting service app is known as Discord many people use this app to chat with people and stream or chat while gaming. the spot in properties that indicated it was where it said

    Location: "C:\Users\account name\AppData\Local\Discord". This is what allowed me to realize this is the Updater Discord uses when it starts up so if you have discord open on startup this runs with discord at the same time to update it during startup tho it appears discord made an error and left this visible instead of having it tied to the single startup item listed as Discord as they have in the past. Knowing this I intend to alert discord to my findings that I'm posting here and hope this helps all the people who were concerned this was a virus. I have attached a photo below of my end as proof of my findings. Hope this helps everyone. Have a wonderful day Discovered what the Mysterious Update item in startup that claims to be from github is. 69fbcb9b-e701-4404-9811-ce38ae5661b6?upload=true.png

    :)
     
    AlphaFireBeast, Jan 8, 2021
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  2. FRANCIS511
    francis511 Win User

    New strange item in startup: KernelFaultCheck???

    search for it on teh internet .something like "kernelfaultcheck startup".there are web sites taht just list startup items
     
    francis511, Jan 8, 2021
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  3. WINDWHIRL
    windwhirl Win User
    Microsoft Acquires GitHub?

    Okaaaayyyy.... Maybe we should start making a list of alternatives to GitHub?

    Also, GitHub is a private company, but who owns it? Who gets money from this move?
     
    windwhirl, Jan 8, 2021
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  4. AVEDIS53
    Avedis53 Win User

    Discovered what the Mysterious Update item in startup that claims to be from github is.

    Can't get GPU-Z to start with Windows 8.1 startup

    I'm not sure how to do that. Could you list the steps for a noob?
     
    Avedis53, Jan 8, 2021
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