Free Audio Converter software found to register services without permission

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Spy-like software

A few days after I uninstalled "Free Audio Converter" from DVDVideoSoft, I found that the updater was still active and registered as a Windows service.

I'm sad...('ω')

If any of the following conditions are true, why not start the Windows service and check for traces?

I installed Free Audio Converter but I have already uninstalled it
I have installed a product from DVDVideoSoft, but it has already been uninstalled.

This article

You can find the following information about Free Audio Converter:

How to identify the update service
How to remove from service list

What is Free Audio Converter?

Free Audio Converter is a lossless audio converter.
Supports popular audio file formats.

aac, ac3, aiff, ape, flac, m4a, m4b, mka, mp3, ogg, ra, tta, wav, wma...etc

How to identify the update service

[procedure]

Start Windows service
Find "Digital Wave Update Service"

Launch the Run and type [services.msc] to start the service.

How to start Windows service: Scrap 2nd.

Program names and service names often do not match.
To identify the desired service, check the following items.

Service name
Display name
Executable file path

In mysterious services, the "Description" item is often a software name or blank.

Free Audio Converter service name

Free Audio Converter
Service name	DigitalWave.Update.Service
Display name	Digital Wave Update Service
Executable file path	C:\Program Files\Common Files\DVDVideoSoft\lib\app_updater.exe

Disable it for the time being

Prevent [app_updater.exe] from running at the same time as the PC starts.

[procedure]

Disable the Digital Wave Update Service startup type
Delete app_updater.exe *1

*1: The full path of app_updater.exe is as follows.

C:\Program Files\Common Files\DVDVideoSoft\lib\app_updater.exe

If you set the startup type to "Disable", app_updater.exe will not start, but if you delete app_updater.exe, it will be executed even if it is registered in [Run] of the registry or task scheduler. It is not.

further,

If you are not using DVDVideoSoft products, it is safe to delete the "DVDVideoSoft" folder.

If you want to delete it from the service list, try the procedure in the next section.

How to remove from service list

[Procedure to delete Digital Wave Update Service]

Start a command prompt in administrator mode
Run sc delete DigitalWave.Update.Service
End of procedure

Enter the "service name" in the command. Not a "display name".

>sc delete DigitalWave.Update.Service


c:\_	Administrator: Command prompt	ー □ ×
Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.17134.345] (c) 2018 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\>sc delete DigitalWave.Update.Service [SC] DeleteService SUCCESS

Afterword

2017/11/22

I found a wreckage of a Free Audio Editor named Product Updater in the task scheduler.

Since the corresponding folder has been deleted, FFProductUpdater.exe will not be started, but it is unpleasant that the invalid entries remain.

Judging from the name of Product Updater, it seems to be a common updater for DVDVideoSoft. I deleted it from the task scheduler entry because it is a task I don't need.

Product Updater properties
"C:\Program Files\Free Audio Editor 2017\FFProductUpdater.exe"