registry location · risk: danger
Shell service objects (delay load)
What lives here
COM objects Explorer loads automatically at startup.
What changing it does
Anything registered here runs inside Explorer every session — an old but effective persistence spot.
Risk level: danger. A .reg file from an unknown source touching this location deserves real scrutiny before you merge it.
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Check a .reg file against this (and every other) risky location
Drop the file into the viewer — decoded and risk-flagged in your browser.
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