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Discus and support Found odd looking files on laptop in AntiVirus, Firewalls and System Security to solve the problem; In the last four or five days I have discovered files folders and files which recently appeared. In my C: drive two folders - abpackage 150 and... Discussion in 'AntiVirus, Firewalls and System Security' started by bertie11, Jul 9, 2017.

  1. bertie11 Win User

    Found odd looking files on laptop


    In the last four or five days I have discovered files folders and files which recently appeared.

    In my C: drive two folders - abpackage 150 and Xdetails 212

    D: (Recovery) three folders ahscan 17, aimages 77, Uwrap 101

    E: Vlog 131, Attransfer 5223

    F: Uworking 48, KpackageB2, Lconfig144, Tscan66

    Inside most of these folders are a bunch of files, some of which are .rtf, doc, xls but all of them just show gibberish or that the file format is not recognised.

    I've used Webroot scanner, Anti-Malwarebytes, and I'm currently running Defender, nothing has shown up.
    rThe last program I installed was Auslogics Boostspeed and I'm stating to wonder if these folders/files are to do with this program? Some of these files were written to disk at 11:51 today so it seems to be an ongoing thing.

    I've tried Googling but nothing comes up.

    Just noticed that on my C: the two folders (above) have been replaced by abuse55 and Xversions196.

    I'm setting up to run a bootup scanner, maybe Kaspersky or Avira when Defender completes.

    Should I be concerned about this stuff?

    :)
     
    bertie11, Jul 9, 2017
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    Gordon B-P, Jul 9, 2017
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  3. Text and ICONS too large

    Hi All,

    Just weird thing happened today on my lenovo laptop running windows 10, all my word or ms office or file names or icon looks bolder and pixelated, they look like when you have zoomed in to them and kind of looks blurry, not sure what has gone wrong coz none
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    manishasharma1, Jul 9, 2017
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  4. dalchina New Member

    Found odd looking files on laptop

    Are you using Cybereason ransomfree?


    Found odd looking files on laptop [​IMG]
     
    dalchina, Jul 9, 2017
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  5. bertie11 Win User
    Yes, I am using Ransom Free!

    This is Xversions196 in my C: drive, different to what I first saw there.
     
    bertie11, Jul 9, 2017
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  6. Bree New Member
    Bree, Jul 9, 2017
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  7. bertie11 Win User
    Great news!!!!

    I had just started packing for a holiday when I found those files, so panic attack!

    Thank you Dalchina and Bree for your very quick responses.
     
    bertie11, Apr 5, 2018
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