What is dvdsentry

Technical details of DVDSentry threat. Manual DVDSentry removal. This problem can be solved manually by deleting all registry keys and files connected with DVDSentry, removing it from starup list and unregistering all corresponding DLLs.

Kill the following processes and delete the appropriate files:. Warning: you should delete only those files which checksums are listed as malicious. There may be valid files with the same names in your system. Warning: if value is listed for some registry entries, you should only clear these values and leave keys with such values untouched.

We recommend you to check list of installed programs and search for DVDSentry entry or other unknown and suspicious programs. Below are instructions for different version if Windows.

In some cases adware programs are protected by malicious service or process and it will not allow you to uninstall it. Adware threats like DVDSentry are very wide-spread, and unfortunatelly many antiviruses fail to detect it. To protect your computer from future infection we recommend you to use SpyHunter , it has active protection module and browser settings guard. It does not conflict with any antiviruses and creates additional shield against threats like DVDSentry.

Information provided by: Aleksei Abalmasov. Problem Summary: Drive d, which was seldom used does not work at all. My Dell pc with windows XP does not read or connect to drive d. I am not sure when the problem began as I seldom use drive d. Most wanted pest: vundo. Threat's description and solution are developed by Security Stronghold security team.

Problem was successfully solved. Seems that after Dell found out certain applications being installed from DVD's would report back information about what customers were watching, they decided to implement an anti-spyware service. Run manually before installation starts. Disclaimer It is assumed that users are familiar with the operating system they are using and comfortable with making the suggested changes.

Search Startups. Startup Database Navigation. Login Username. Home » DSentry. That process belongs to the system application from Dell, and present in each computer manufactured by that company with the pre-installed Windows. There were several reports about the cases when viruses took that name for disguise.

In this post, you will see why your computer needs that process. As a bonus, you will see how to understand if it is malware related. The main purpose of this program is to provide the protection against spyware, stealers, keyloggers and different other viruses. Since it is designed specially for the systems manufactured by Dell, this protection is on a programmatically low level. That means that such a security tool is launched together with the drivers, and likely cannot be bypassed by malware.

The specificity of that security tool is that it stops only those viruses that try to spy on you through the DVD player vulnerabilities. Besides the malware interruptions, this program also prevents the attempts of various programs distributed on disks to collect the data about your PC and send it to the remote server.

Various applications may access your personal information without the permission. DVDSentry closes that security breach, and then offers you to decide if you want to grant access to that app. Some people think that applications of some sort are completely useless bloatware, but in my opinion it is a useful staff. It is quite hard to understand the exact purpose of DSentry. It seems that this decision is done to prevent reverse engineering attempts from malware creators.

That tool is shipped as pre-installed with your computer, if you choose to buy it with pre-installed Windows. This process does not belong to the system ones, so disabling it will not lead to failures.