Computer help please

[disneyhopeful]

Can someone tell me what this message means?

Registry Change Detected

McAfee has detected a potentially unauthorized change to your computer.

Details
SystemGuard Name: Startup Items
Change: Registry Modified

More Info
SystemGuard Description: Monitors changes made to your startup registry keys and folders. Startup registry keys in the Windows registry and startup folders in the Start Menu store paths to programs on your computer. Programs listed in these locations load automatically when Windows starts. Spyware or other potentially unwanted programs often try to load automatically when Windows starts.

Process: C:\Program Files\HPQ\Default Settings\Cpqset.exe
Affected Items: C:\Program Files\HPQ\Default Settings\Cpqset.exe, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Cpqset

If you did not expect this change, McAfee recommends that you block it. If you expected this change, allow it.

 

[Amity 3]

Can someone tell me what this message means?

Registry Change Detected

McAfee has detected a potentially unauthorized change to your computer.

Details
SystemGuard Name: Startup Items
Change: Registry Modified

More Info
SystemGuard Description: Monitors changes made to your startup registry keys and folders. Startup registry keys in the Windows registry and startup folders in the Start Menu store paths to programs on your computer. Programs listed in these locations load automatically when Windows starts. Spyware or other potentially unwanted programs often try to load automatically when Windows starts.

Process: C:\Program Files\HPQ\Default Settings\Cpqset.exe
Affected Items: C:\Program Files\HPQ\Default Settings\Cpqset.exe, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Cpqset

If you did not expect this change, McAfee recommends that you block it. If you expected this change, allow it.

allow it

 

[Amity 3]

do you have a HP computer?

 

[Aidensmom]

It sounds like HP did some kind of automatic update. If so, allow it.

Anytime you get that message right after you installed or updated something, or an automatic update ran, you are pretty safe allowing it, and not allowing it could make whatever was installed not work.

 

[Aidensmom]

Just another note, it was adding something to Startup. Even if you allow it and decide you don't want it, you can remove it by going to start/run and typing msconfig, clicking OK, and going to the Startup tab and unchecking it.

 

[disneyhopeful]

do you have a HP computer?

yes i have an HP laptop.

 

[Amity 3]

then just allow it, it's a HP startup file.