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Adsos Letter

(19,459 posts) Fri Aug 17, 2018, 02:49 PM Aug 2018

I discovered this file on my desktop when I turned on the computer this morning.

C:Usersmy name hereDesktoppasarela_virtual_OK.jsp_files

I replaced my first name and last initial with "my name here" in the address. There should be a backslash after Users, before Desktop, and after Desktop.

I am essentially computer illiterate, other than knowing how to get online.

Can someone please explain this to me in layman's terms? I don't understand anything technical that I'm seeing about this online. Could it be related to a recent windows update?

Thanks in advance.

For some reason DU formatting isn't letting me include the backslash after Users, before Desktop, and after Desktop.

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I discovered this file on my desktop when I turned on the computer this morning. (Original Post) Adsos Letter Aug 2018 OP

Did you possibly try to 'save' a webpage using your browser at some point? mr_lebowski Aug 2018 #1

Thank you! Adsos Letter Aug 2018 #2

Happy to help :) nt mr_lebowski Aug 2018 #3

Nice job, Lebowski! HuskyOffset Aug 2018 #4

If you are not sure about any file, do this... at140 Aug 2018 #5

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)

1. Did you possibly try to 'save' a webpage using your browser at some point?

Reply to Adsos Letter (Original post)

Fri Aug 17, 2018, 03:08 PM

Aug 2018

JSP is a web file format.

If you have a virus program (or at least windows defender) just do a scan on the file, if it's clean but you dunno what it is, just delete it.

Adsos Letter

(19,459 posts)

2. Thank you!

Reply to mr_lebowski (Reply #1)

Fri Aug 17, 2018, 03:11 PM

Aug 2018

Yesterday I was trying to save a webpage for something we want to do on a trip to Spain next month. I just ran Windows Defender on it, and it came back clean. I'll just delete it.

Thanks again, mr_lebowski!

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)

3. Happy to help :) nt

Reply to Adsos Letter (Reply #2)

Fri Aug 17, 2018, 04:11 PM

Aug 2018

HuskyOffset

(908 posts)

4. Nice job, Lebowski!

Reply to mr_lebowski (Reply #3)

Fri Aug 17, 2018, 04:13 PM

Aug 2018

Thanks for answering the DUer's question, but there are a couple of guys here that want to talk to you about a rug...

at140

(6,132 posts)

5. If you are not sure about any file, do this...

Reply to Adsos Letter (Original post)

Tue Aug 28, 2018, 04:59 PM

Aug 2018

Create a folder C:what-is-it
Make a note of folder where the questionable file currently exists.
Move the questionable file to C:what-is-it folder

Run the computer in usual mode of use.
If no problems occur after many weeks, you can delete the file
from C:what-is-it folder.

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