Hi all,
This morning I started to look for the free space possibilities on my PC (Win7 Home Premium 64 bit), and found that there is huge space occupied in
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Crypto\RSA64\MachineKeys\data
This folder is hidden and has 60 GB of data in it.
The structure of sub folders is very strange: many folders with names like this 0897f7583dc0be15045af2cbe5be636c, and in these folders many different file names , but with same size. For example, in mentioned folder there are files:
Guardians of the Galaxy 2014.avi - size 838,860,000 bytes
Total Codec Pack.exe - 12.582.912 bytes
Next Folder is 09924fcc261beb58f5e95ceae8c79c01 and files inside are:
Lone Survivor 2013.avi - same size as previous avi - 838,860,800 bytes
WMP x264 Codec Pack.exe - of course, same size as file listed above - 12.582.912 bytes
etc…
I am quite sure that I never tried to download these files, so what I first done is to try to scan these exe files with Avast Free Anti-virus - no treats detected. Than I tried to start one exe file. It opened installation screen with next button, but I canceled installation. After about 30 seconds, avast informed me that treat was found under location c:\users\zz\Appdata\local\temp\ and that file tmpAE9.tmp is movet to virus vault. Virus description is Win64:Dropper-gen[drp].
So, what should I do:
- can I delete complete folder “C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Crypto\RSA64\MachineKeys\data” ?
- What steps should I take in order to be sure that my PC is clean ?
Looking for some replies.
Regards
Zoran