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Offline bassinbob54

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strange file
« on: January 06, 2017, 07:54:13 am »
Hello everyone I have a weird file that suddenly appeared on my desktop two days ago. It reads "This directory is here to protect you. Simply leave it here." Has anyone seen a file like this and should I delete it? Dell inspiron 15 windows 10 64 bit. I found this file under hidden files but don't know exactly what to do. Ran Malwarebytes and rougekiller and both were clean. Thanks in advance for any help on this...
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Re: strange file
« Reply #1 on: January 06, 2017, 08:12:35 am »
I don't know what it is and I wouldn't advise opening it.

Use your restore points to go back to before it appeared and when you select one, click on Scan for affected programs to see what it finds.
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Re: strange file
« Reply #2 on: January 06, 2017, 09:16:02 am »
Thank you I had already opened this folder when it first  appeared and it is empty. Also ran scan for affected programs from restore point and it found nothing.
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Re: strange file
« Reply #3 on: January 06, 2017, 02:21:44 pm »
Can you right click on it and select Properties to see if it says what it is ?
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