Strange Registry font characters

These are the reg entries that keep coming back. I clean them out with Ccleaner. Any idea. Scanned with Norton Internet Security. Have resident Malwarebytes running all the time and scan doesn't show anything either. Any ideas? Thanks

Unused File Extension .灪g厍刀旾馕Đ HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.灪g厍刀旾馕Đ
Unused File Extension .灪g厍募﬷٦Đ HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.灪g厍募﬷٦Đ
Unused File Extension .灪g꾨甇꾨甇厍刀뜝嫹Đ HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.灪g꾨甇꾨甇厍刀뜝嫹Đ


Celeste

How do you view your registry entries? In regedit or are you looking at it in an exported .reg file, or is this from cCleaner?


I have trouble editing an exported file using Textpad (other editors don't complain) due to NULL and non-Latin characters. It might not be chars in your registry, it might be the app that presents it to you.

try this in an elevated command prompt (right click, run as administrator)
reg query HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts

Have you tried searching your computer for the characters in question?

Try this:

• Check your "Folder Options" > "View" tab settings (see text and picture below)
• Opening Windows Explorer
• Go to "Computer"
• Paste the first couple of characters into the Windows Explorer Search box (e.g. 灪g)
• Wait to see if there are any results

You may need to change some "Folder Options" > "View" tab settings.

Create a System Restore Point and/or take a screenshot before you change the settings.
You can access "Folder Options" by typing "folder" (no quotes) in the Start Menu search box.

Adjust these settings (see picture below):

• "Show hidden files, folders, and drives" - ON
• "Hide extensions for known file types" - OFF
• "Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)" - OFF

Remember to reset those settings after your search.

Of course, you can change them to suit yourself.
I normally keep the "Show hidden files, folders, and drives" and "Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)" turned on (see picture below).

Have you installed anythig from IObit. Systems Tuneup, cleaners,game boosters ect?

When I search for it. The pages that are returned are all Chinese Unicode related.

Just for kicks search your OS disk for "灪g厍刀旾馕Đ", no quotes. Since you can't type it in cut it from you post and paste it in the search.