File seems to be clean according to VirusTotal result but follow Pondus isntruction for uploading suspicious files to Avast.
https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=14433.msg1289438#msg1289438
Thanks for the help. I have more info for you. I booted into safe mode and was then able to delete the sneiukpsvc.exe file as well as the c:\program files\mbcdhze directory. That directory appears after rebooting and is empty. Looking at the same directory a few minutes later it was full of dll's and other files as well as a LOCALE directory. Inside that directory are 2 language file dirs....us-en and zh-cn. I am not positive but I think zh-cn is a chinese language file. Seems odd that ONLY those 2 language files are there. Makes me think this is originally from China. Unfortunately, after rebooting from safe mode, the sneiukpsvc.exe and the mbcdhze have returned. My system seems fine after reboot but as time goes by I notice it slowing down. There are moments of total freeze, nothing crashes, everything freezes for a short time then back to normal. I have also noticed that programs that were running after reboot (i.e. checked my email with Thunderbird, firing up AVG PC Tuneup) will not start up. The task for that program is in the task manager but clicking on it gives a window saying the operation could not be completed. access denied. Since I am administrator (and the only one that uses this pc) it looks like this issue has changed my access as well. The only way I can start a program at that point is to reboot my system.
Anyway, I will follow the instructions to upload the suspect file as soon as I can. thanks again