Not ransomware, either Last week a pair of folders appeared on my desktop computer, the workhorse that makes most of my income. The new folders had random letters, as shown below: A3fOg and X1W2J2. When I erased them, they reappeared a few minutes later with different names. Each folder contained 10 files, such as .rtf, jpg, and .docx, with unusual looking file names. See figure below. Naturally I installed and ran Malwarebytes, and it found some potential viruses that Microsoft's anti-virus utility missed. But the folders remained. Naturally I researched what might have caused the folders and odd files but...
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