False Positive? AdwCleaner detected folders (empty) Emiesitelist, Emieuserlist and Emiebrowsermodelist

[SpacePickle]

I also had these folders flagged today. 

Current version of Adwcleaner DID NOT flag these folders a few days ago while these folders have been on my system since 2015.   They are hidden folders, completely empty with a creation date back in 2015.  Neither Avira or Malwarebytes 3.0 flag these folders.  Roguekiller also does not flag these. 

Old MS technet forum posts refer to these folders pertain to IE 11 Enterprise Mode.

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/ie/en-US/9b080135-dd7c-458a-93bb-e62b3fdbdd07/emiesitelist-and-emieuserlist-hidden-directories-and-datfiles?forum=ieitprocurrentver

Like I said, I run Adwcleaner every few days and the last run on 3/11 did not flag anything nor any of the multiple runs in the past.  This is the first time Adw has flagged anything f or me in a very long time.

 

# AdwCleaner v6.044 - Logfile created 13/03/2017 at 15:43:25
# Updated on 28/02/2017 by Malwarebytes
# Database : 2017-03-13.1 [Local]
# Operating System : Windows 10 Home  (X64)
# Username : xxxx
# Running from : xxxx\adwcleaner_6.044.exe
# Mode: Scan
# Support : https://www.malwarebytes.com/support

 

***** [ Services ] *****

No malicious services found.

***** [ Folders ] *****

Folder Found:  C:\Users\xxxx\AppData\Local\EmieBrowserModeList
Folder Found:  C:\Users\xxxx\AppData\Local\EmieSiteList
Folder Found:  C:\Users\xxxx\AppData\Local\EmieUserList
Folder Found:  C:\Users\xxxx\AppData\LocalLow\EmieBrowserModeList
Folder Found:  C:\Users\xxxx\AppData\LocalLow\EmieSiteList
Folder Found:  C:\Users\xxxx\AppData\LocalLow\EmieUserList
 

***** [ Files ] *****

No malicious files found.

***** [ DLL ] *****

No malicious DLLs found.

***** [ WMI ] *****

No malicious keys found.

***** [ Shortcuts ] *****

No infected shortcut found.

***** [ Scheduled Tasks ] *****

No malicious task found.

***** [ Registry ] *****

No malicious registry entries found.

***** [ Web browsers ] *****

No malicious Firefox based browser items found.
No malicious Chromium based browser items found.

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Edited March 13, 2017 by SpacePickle
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[SpacePickle]

EDIT:  All 3 my PCs have these folders as well as a couple of family/friends PCs that I have just consulted with.  These folders appear to be legitimate.  Please advise on whether this is a false pos.

[jboursier]

Hello,

Please relaunch AdwCleaner, it was an issue on my side.

Thanks,

[SpacePickle]

FYI- Old Malwarebytes forum  "Expert" David H Lipman responds to similar question and says these are legit folders.

Quote

They are Hidden OS folders created by IE11 and are constructs associated with HTML5 rendering.

 

[SpacePickle]

1 minute ago, fr33tux said:

Hello,

Please relaunch AdwCleaner, it was an issue on my side.

Thanks,

OK False Positive is gone!

TY for your ALWAYS extremely fast response fr33tux!!!!!  You are awesome!!!!