Windows 11 - Asus Zenbook (Laptop)
So I downloaded this software from a sketchy website and deleted it afterwards, but the file keeps reappearing on my desktop somehow. I’ve ran several McAfee scans and it says nothing’s wrong. Shredded this file like two or three times and it reappeared for the fourth. What do I do? How bad is this?
• what’s the file called? • what’s inside the file? (Turn on view hidden folders if you have it turned off) • what did you think you were downloading? Was there a name or brand or anything associated with what you were downloading?
It may be a log file of some kind, the program you downloaded is probably somewhere in your program files or appdata folder or something and it’s just dumping a log of the application or some other random shizaz. The file itself is probably benign aside from being an annoyance, but the application you probably don’t want installed.
I would suggest going through a bunch of your directories on your C drive and trying to find where the program that’s causing the issues has decided it’s going to live. If you’re able to remove it I should expect the self replicating file will die along with it. Best of luck!