End of transmission. Time to reinstall Windows just to be safe.
I killed the process (finally succeeded via taskkill /f /pid in an admin CMD). I deleted the folder. I rebooted, feeling victorious. ISTHG Launcher.exe
[Player] Name=User PlayTime=0 LastMap=The_Hinterland Weapon_Unlocked=FALSE Gamma_Correction=1.0 My heart stopped. This wasn't malware. This wasn't a virus. End of transmission
At this point, I wasn't cleaning my PC. I was in a psychological thriller. I couldn't delete it. I couldn't stop it. So I decided to study it. 2023 Filed under: Tech Support
Forty-five second boot time. Open Task Manager. ISTHG Launcher.exe is back. The task had recreated itself.
"C:\ProgramData\ISTHG\isthg_launcher.exe" --autorun
Published: October 12, 2023 Filed under: Tech Support, Gaming Horror, Debugging