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holt:
On reboot winpatrol reported the mystery program asking to be added to the start menu.
Here are the screen shots of winpatrol, in case someone can spot any difference;
edit: Disclaimer; BTW, the laptop and its OS and content are 8 or 10 years old but I've only had it for a few months.

holt:
-mwb1100 (February 14, 2016, 11:21 PM)
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It's back, right on cue. Sorry, but clicking on the "Open Folder" or "Properties" link in the warning dialog gives no visible result or clue about what the program is.

Dirhael:
I'm thinking this might explain what you're experiencing: https://forums.adobe.com/thread/1654402

[...]Speed Launcher is adding a HKCU RunOnce entry over and over again and assigning a random number to it.  This is then of course alerting WinPatrol who is monitoring new startup programs[...]
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wraith808:
I'm thinking this might explain what you're experiencing: https://forums.adobe.com/thread/1654402

[...]Speed Launcher is adding a HKCU RunOnce entry over and over again and assigning a random number to it.  This is then of course alerting WinPatrol who is monitoring new startup programs[...]
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-Dirhael (February 15, 2016, 12:06 PM)
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Good find!  Hopefully that's it...

holt:
I'm thinking this might explain what you're experiencing: https://forums.adobe.com/thread/1654402

[...]Speed Launcher is adding a HKCU RunOnce entry over and over again and assigning a random number to it.  This is then of course alerting WinPatrol who is monitoring new startup programs[...]
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-Dirhael (February 15, 2016, 12:06 PM)
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The only Adobe entry I could find in winpatrol's Start list was AdobeARM, which I have thankfully disabled. It is reported to be unnecessary to normal operation of the OS, can be started when needed anyways, and -yes- is reported to be variously problematic. This may indeed be the culprit; and as a legitimate program, no anti-virus or anti-pup scan would find it. I can't thank you and the other respondents enough for all your help!  :)

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