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I need someone more tech savvy than me to see if they have any idea what this folder is.  I had this 'boot' folder appear on my desktop and I didn't put it there.  Here's what's in it:

 

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I checked C: Windows and it has a boot folder in there as well with different stuff which matches my brother's PC and my Surface Pro, but I have no idea where this came from.

 

Anybody got anything?  

 

I did make a recovery drive a couple weeks ago for my friends PC, could it be remnants of that I forgot to clear out?

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Just did a quick google search and it seems to be part of a program called 'memtest'. It's pretty much a program that you launch through your BIOS to check to see if there are any faults with your RAM.

Here's a link to the mainpage: https://www.memtest86.com/

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Just now, Jadan said:

Just did a quick google search and it seems to be part of a program called 'memtest'. It's pretty much a program that you launch through your BIOS to check to see if there are any faults with your RAM.

Here's a link to the mainpage: https://www.memtest86.com/

Never even heard of this software.

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Just now, JSUSoutherner said:

Never even heard of this software.

Yeah, me neither. Do a scan on your computer to be safe? Could be some sort of malware.

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Just now, Jadan said:

Yeah, me neither. Do a scan on your computer to be safe? Could be some sort of malware.

memtest is a industry standard test for your RAM, not malware.

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Just now, JDE said:

memtest is a industry standard test for your RAM, not malware.

Ah, my bad. Here's your answer ^^

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2 minutes ago, Jadan said:

Yeah, me neither. Do a scan on your computer to be safe? Could be some sort of malware.

That's what I thought at first but when I scanned the folder came up with nothing.  

 

I'm thinking it may be leftover from when I made that recovery drive for my friend's Surface. Trying to confirm now.

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A search through my browser history and Chrome download history have confirmed the file is indeed off the recovery image I downloaded for that Surface last week.  File has been disposed of.  

 

We're all good.

 

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