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Offline Zetsu

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Suspicious folder reappearing
« on: January 01, 2016, 03:45:12 PM »
Hello!

There is a 'Baidu' folder containing a .db file that reappears every few days under my documents (C:\Users\Username\My Documents\Baidu\Common\I18N\conf.db). Avast and other antivirus/malware programs say it's not a threat and a google search doesn't really yield much results on this, but the fact that I don't know where this comes from and why it keeps reappering weirds me out.

Edit: Did some more digging and found C:\ProgramData\Baidu\Antivirus\ReportCache\CacheMetaData.ini

So further google searches revealed that there is actually an Antivurs program called Baidu, but I have never heard of it before...

Does anyone know what is up with this?
« Last Edit: January 01, 2016, 04:36:21 PM by Zetsu »

Offline Pondus

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Re: Suspicious folder reappearing
« Reply #1 on: January 01, 2016, 04:47:11 PM »
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So further google searches revealed that there is actually an Antivurs program called Baidu, but I have never heard of it before.
Correct, so you probably have two AV installed? .... something that is a BIG no no

We can help you find out if you want?
see instructions here   https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=53253.0
Scroll down to second picture ... Farbar Recovery Scan Tool ... run as instructed and attach the two diagnostic logs