MxBtDeamon in Activity Monitor? What is it? Why is it there?

Hello,
I've just been looking through my Activity Monitor to see what CPU is being used and for what. I found this "MxBtDeamon" process being ran under "Root". Does anyone know what it is, from other forums it looks like it is from a Maxtor One Touch device, but I have not had one in my system from since 2008. I had a look in Macintosh HD>Library>StartUpItems and it is also in there, and it says it was last modified in 2008. Does anyone know if I can remove it from the StartUpItems. Also d you know what it is?
Thanks in Advance.
Adam.

If you are concerned, put it in the Trash where the system can't reach it, then reboot.
If you have no problems after the reboot, empty the Trash.
If you have problems, put it back.
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