Phone: Galaxy S7 (ATT) [non-root]
Suspicious folder name: .Slc-yJMAhEcjs6wmSi9Uhdeyr_M=...
The folder contains a nomedia file (128bytes). I've been able to delete and/or compress this folder, but it will regenerate the folder later or upon restart. I usually keep my storage folders pretty clean, but I'm unsure what this one is or what keeps generating it. I've found a few references to this file after some searching, but no answers.
1.) My first concern is could it be malicious. Unknown folder on my phone that I can't seem to get rid of...malicious just pops into mind. But Avast security and Clean Master scans seem unable to find anything upon scans.
2.) Is there a way to find out what's generating this folder. (short of uninstalling all my apps 1 at a time)
Additional info:
I can't be sure when this folder popped up, just that I noticed yesterday. All apps that I've installed recently I've uninstalled, but this folder still generates upon restart. I've tried deleting it in safe mode and wiping cache. It'll still come back. My phone doesn't seem to be running slow or overheating when it's idle or performing normal functions. (It was overheating while restarting constantly to see if the folder would stay gone, and running virus/file scans and resetting permissions. But I'm guessing running hot while troubleshooting like this might not be out of the norm. )
Any help in figuring this out would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time!
p.s. sorry for the double post, but don't think I can add edits to a guest post
Suspicious folder name: .Slc-yJMAhEcjs6wmSi9Uhdeyr_M=...
The folder contains a nomedia file (128bytes). I've been able to delete and/or compress this folder, but it will regenerate the folder later or upon restart. I usually keep my storage folders pretty clean, but I'm unsure what this one is or what keeps generating it. I've found a few references to this file after some searching, but no answers.
1.) My first concern is could it be malicious. Unknown folder on my phone that I can't seem to get rid of...malicious just pops into mind. But Avast security and Clean Master scans seem unable to find anything upon scans.
2.) Is there a way to find out what's generating this folder. (short of uninstalling all my apps 1 at a time)
Additional info:
I can't be sure when this folder popped up, just that I noticed yesterday. All apps that I've installed recently I've uninstalled, but this folder still generates upon restart. I've tried deleting it in safe mode and wiping cache. It'll still come back. My phone doesn't seem to be running slow or overheating when it's idle or performing normal functions. (It was overheating while restarting constantly to see if the folder would stay gone, and running virus/file scans and resetting permissions. But I'm guessing running hot while troubleshooting like this might not be out of the norm. )
Any help in figuring this out would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time!
p.s. sorry for the double post, but don't think I can add edits to a guest post
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