Rajisaac Posted January 28, 2015 ID:933628 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Hi guys, I was using a very old laptop for years, recently got a new one. I just have a few questions about running a scan.1. Should I scan for rootkits?2. The custom scan shows a bunch of drives and folders that I never saw on my old laptop (new one is running latest Windows available to public. I have the following drives visible, can someone explain what they are?OS (C:)D:ESP (E:) < this had a "en-us" folder & a EFI folder, which has subfolders (Boot, Dell, Microsoft)WINRETOOLS (X:) < subfolders of BOOT, recovery, system vol infoPBR Image (Y:) - < subfolders of AfterReset, Dell, Preload, System Vol InfoI apologise if the questions I asked are stupid, I just wanted to find out what this stuff meant. I did a google search for the ESP one, and one of the google results said it was a keylogger, is that right?Any help would be appreciated Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firefox Posted January 28, 2015 ID:933634 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Hello and Welcome! Scanning for rootkits is your choice, I do scan for rootkits myself. If you hard drive is encryped, its possible that you can't scan for rootkits due to the encryption type. Malwarebytes is not compatible with all encryption software. A custom scan is really not needed to run all the time. A simple Threat scan is all you need. You can scan any drive available to the system. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rajisaac Posted January 28, 2015 Author ID:933651 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Hello and Welcome!Scanning for rootkits is your choice, I do scan for rootkits myself. If you hard drive is encryped, its possible that you can't scan for rootkits due to the encryption type. Malwarebytes is not compatible with all encryption software.A custom scan is really not needed to run all the time. A simple Threat scan is all you need. You can scan any drive available to the system.Thank youWhat are those drives with the different letters? I only know the D and C drives as my dvd-rom & the other as my hard drive. What are the X , Y & E drives? I've never see them before, only when I pressed custom scan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firefox Posted January 28, 2015 ID:933666 Share Posted January 28, 2015 The are probably there from the factory, like a factory restore drive, diagnostics drive, etc... hard to say without running some tools and getting some logs, or looking at the contents of the drives. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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