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What is GDIPFONTCACHEV1.DAT?
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New #12
it might be a zeus config file, im not sure tho
and i dont know what it does
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New #13
It gets recreated, it is merely a cache for faster access to the font information installed on your system.
You delete it Windows will merely remake it.
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New #14
lol, you have to tread carefully when you google file names, i find about 80% of google hits will tell you its malware when in fact it is a legitimate file.
The confusion comes from some malware will masquerade as these legitimate file (the trick is in where the file is located as to whether it is legitimate or not)
This forum is always a good place to ask if you are unsure.
The mentioned files should be in file C:/Users/Username/AppData/Local/
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New #15
Yea your right glad i came here first!lol, you have to tread carefully when you google file names, i find about 80% of google hits will tell you its malware when in fact it is a legitimate file.
The confusion comes from some malware will masquerade as these legitimate file (the trick is in where the file is located as to whether it is legitimate or not)
This forum is always a good place to ask if you are unsure.
The mentioned files should be in file C:/Users/Username/AppData/Local/
Thanks! am happy i can count on the experts!
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New #16
Exactly. You can lookup explorer.exe and for sure find the same thing.lol, you have to tread carefully when you google file names, i find about 80% of google hits will tell you its malware when in fact it is a legitimate file.
The confusion comes from some malware will masquerade as these legitimate file (the trick is in where the file is located as to whether it is legitimate or not)
This forum is always a good place to ask if you are unsure.
The mentioned files should be in file C:/Users/Username/AppData/Local/
One thing people have to learn though is, just because something has an unusual file name or something, it doesn't automatically mean it's a virus.
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Exactly. You can lookup explorer.exe and for sure find the same thing.lol, you have to tread carefully when you google file names, i find about 80% of google hits will tell you its malware when in fact it is a legitimate file.
The confusion comes from some malware will masquerade as these legitimate file (the trick is in where the file is located as to whether it is legitimate or not)
This forum is always a good place to ask if you are unsure.
The mentioned files should be in file C:/Users/Username/AppData/Local/
One thing people have to learn though is, just because something has an unusual file name or something, it doesn't automatically mean it's a virus.
unless its exe.exe
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New #18
That's true :)Exactly. You can lookup explorer.exe and for sure find the same thing.
lol, you have to tread carefully when you google file names, i find about 80% of google hits will tell you its malware when in fact it is a legitimate file.
The confusion comes from some malware will masquerade as these legitimate file (the trick is in where the file is located as to whether it is legitimate or not)
This forum is always a good place to ask if you are unsure.
The mentioned files should be in file C:/Users/Username/AppData/Local/
One thing people have to learn though is, just because something has an unusual file name or something, it doesn't automatically mean it's a virus.
unless its exe.exe
The point being is that you could look up ANY file you want, and somewhere you will read that it is/could be a virus........then they proceed to get you to go to so and so site, download more junk that you don't need.
The same thing happened a while back. A bunch of people were worried about a "suspicious" file that appeared on their C drive, and it was also right after a Windows Update. It had one of them names like adfgijdf8gsd8fdg8s90fg0.dat or something...........
What it ended up being was a file that was being used by the Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool.....it disappears after that tool runs itself.
The file that this thread was started for, I looked up, and sure enough, there were some links saying it was a virus, or it was dangerous. All of the other topics on it had to do with font data storage/usage(and if you look at the name, gdi=Graphics Device Interface.....and the word "font" and "cache" right in the middle of it). I was curious so I went looking in my folder for it and there it was.
I always try to stress to not just go and delete files just because you assume they could be a virus....you may do more damage than you think. So many paranoid people these days. It's good to be cautious, but not overly cautious.
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