New folder viruses

Yes, there are several Ransomware protection tools which deliberately create dummy folders containing specific or randomly named. These are trap folders and files Ransomfree by Cybereason is one of them.

Usually when folks install these types of programs they are aware of how they work so most of us helping you didn't give that a thought. Now that you know what they are, you may want to reinstall Ransomfree so it helps protect you against the spread of infection. I can see it as a folder and its name is "Newfolder" and its size is kb.

When I click on it , it opens "My Documents". When I delet, another Newfolder makes again. When I go to every folder on my computer it copies itself on them. And if you click on it everywhere on hard disk it opens "My Docments" Ive Installed NortonAntivirus and olso BitDefender but none of them could find and detect it. I think also the speed of my computer has decreased. Please help me how can I remove that.

Regards, Rasool Derakhshan. Hello and welcome to Techspot. Installing more than one antivirus programme will slow your system down, not to mention Norton is one of the biggest resource hogging programmes around.

I recommend you uninstall Norton asap. Follow all the instructions exactly. Regards Howard :wave: :wave: P. I have moved this thread to our security and the web forum. This thread is for the use of rasoolshan only. Once you give the ok, our virus removal tool will clean up threats so your device, files, and privacy are secure.

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If you trust a file, file type, folder, or a process that Windows Security has detected as malicious, you can stop Windows Security from alerting you or blocking the program by adding the file to the exclusions list.

Caution: Only do this for files that you're confident are safe. Adding an exclusion for an unsafe program could expose your systems and data to increased risk.

Select Start , then open Settings. Select Add an exclusion , and then select from files, folders, file types, or process. A folder exclusion will apply to all subfolders within the folder as well. How to add a file type or process exclusion to Windows Security.