Startup & Persistence Check – What Runs When Your PC Turns On

Malware's first job is to survive a restart. This shows you everything that has arranged to.

The Startup & Persistence Check lists every mechanism on your computer that causes something to run automatically — the same places an investigator looks first — and separates the ordinary from the suspicious. Expert tools show you the raw list. This explains it.

What it checks

• Startup programs across all registry run locations and startup folders
• Scheduled tasks, including ones set to trigger on logon, idle or a timer
• Windows services set to start automatically, and who publishes them
• Browser extensions with standing permission to read what you do
• Digital signatures — which of these are signed by a publisher you can identify, and which are not
• Items running from unusual locations such as temporary or user-data folders
• The cumulative effect on how long your machine takes to become usable

What you get

• A written PDF report emailed back to you, typically within one business day.
• Every item classified and rated Critical / High / Medium / Low, with unsigned and oddly-located entries called out.
• A safe-to-disable list, so you can cut boot time without breaking anything.
• Clear guidance on anything that warrants a closer look, and what to do next.
• Reporting built to CompTIA Security+ and PenTest+ practice standards.

Who it's for

Anyone whose computer has become slow, anyone who has clicked something they regret, and anyone buying or inheriting a used machine.

Requirements

• Windows 10 or Windows 11
• Run as administrator
• About 5 minutes

What this is not

QuickScan is detection and advisory only. It lists and explains; it never disables, deletes or quarantines anything on your machine, and leaves nothing running behind it. It is not antivirus, and it is not a certification, an audit or an attestation — if the report suggests an active compromise, it says so and tells you to stop and get help.

One-time purchase. No subscription, no auto-renewal. Your report is prepared with AI-assisted analysis under ThreatVector's security review protocols and checked against our false-positive triage rules before it is sent. Reports are produced by ThreatVector LLC. ThreatVector and its scan library are developed, sold and distributed by ThreatVector LLC.