doom Posted March 20, 2023 ID:1559759 Share Posted March 20, 2023 Hello i was on virustotal and checked a file called desktop.ini and it was on my recently downloaded (Opera gx) and then it said it was a microsoft file and i went to the community tab and it said it was malshare im really worried. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David H. Lipman Posted March 21, 2023 ID:1559762 Share Posted March 21, 2023 desktop.ini is a normal INItialization file used in the Windows OS. It has been in the Windows OS through multiple 32 and 64 bit versions of Windows and the INI file structure goes back to the beginning of MS Windows which ran as a 16 bit DOS environment. It is in no way malicious and certainly not a virus. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
doom Posted March 21, 2023 Author ID:1559763 Share Posted March 21, 2023 it was a troll? or something Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David H. Lipman Posted March 21, 2023 ID:1559765 Share Posted March 21, 2023 Misinformation. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
doom Posted March 21, 2023 Author ID:1559766 Share Posted March 21, 2023 alright thank you :) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David H. Lipman Posted March 21, 2023 ID:1559768 Share Posted March 21, 2023 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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