Untraceable .exe files installed on my windows - aldermen.exe, Undrained.exe, Web Companion

[Ricky Franco]

Good Day, I kept my PC on overnight while transferring large files to another drive and the next day, had a series of .exe files in my startup. My Windows defender is locked and I cannot toggle it to "ON". I ran the internal disk check and also reset to restart Windows Security and nothing happened. In the Startup tab under the Task Manager I can see a series of startup files just named "Program". Under the Command Line column, I can see a drive path (see image) for these specific files. But when I try to locate them using File Explorer, they do not appear even with "view hidden Files" tu

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