Mysterious files and folders appearing - Are they Malware?

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    Windows 7 Home Premium X64
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       #11

    General Erton said:
    I think that those have comed there just by a USB so by a flash drive.If someone just putted a USB materials monstly percen are in computer by there
    I think there is more to it than that. I'm the only one who sticks USB drives into this PC. Not ready to mark as solved, just yet.
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    W7 home premium 32bit/W7HP 64bit/w10 tp insider ring
       #12

    Pretty sure your right John, did you do as i said in my earlier post.

    Roy
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  3. Posts : 17
    Windows 7 Home Premium X64
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  4. Posts : 163
    Win7 64-bit, Vista 32-bit, XP 32-bit, W2K 32-bit (VM)
       #14

    Hi johnblood,

    Those mysterious files and folders are a result of the CyberReason RansomFree program that you have installed. See here and here. Nasdaq did a fine job cleaning you up. I don't think you have anything to worry about. Just follow the instructions in the link he provided for best security practices and you'll be fine.

    Donna :)
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    Windows 7 Professional 64-bit SP1
       #15

    I had this exact same issue on my work laptop, and the help desk had no clue - until I found an article on the company web page saying they deployed Cybereason software a few months ago. Apparently they didn't think it was important to educate the Help Desk on handling these calls. Bottom line: These are benign "canary files" created by Cybereason anti-ransomware software.
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