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Offline Trouserleg

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Non-existent external drive detected
« on: July 18, 2020, 02:39:47 PM »
Hi. Every time my laptop wakes up from sleep I get the following notification "External drive connected  THNSF5256GPUK TOSHIBA  SCAN FOR THREATS..." I don't have any Toshiba gadgets and there are no external drives connected. I have already tried the Repair App function but the message is still showing. It's not a major problem - I can close the message and a scan reveals no issues - but is this something I need to worry about?
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Re: Non-existent external drive detected
« Reply #1 on: July 18, 2020, 02:42:15 PM »
Hi, that's a known issue and already fixed in the latest beta.
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Re: Non-existent external drive detected
« Reply #2 on: July 18, 2020, 03:08:18 PM »
Thanks Asyn. Much appreciated.

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Re: Non-existent external drive detected
« Reply #3 on: July 18, 2020, 03:12:16 PM »
You're welcome.
W8.1 [x64] - Avast Free AV 23.3.8047.BC [UI.757] - Firefox ESR 102.9 [NS/uBO/PB] - Thunderbird 102.9.1
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