"wasted" <rubbish@xxnone.notreal.com> wrote in message
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> Hi I just updated MBAM and did a full scan and it found 18 hits of
> folders and files that it calls Rogue.XLG, and one Registry data item
>
> The files and folders are all subfolders of one particular folder that I
> created in my Start Menu Called "Protection". In there I have all the
> shortcuts to my anti-virus and anti-spyware programmes and the hits
> include ALL those folders and the actual shortcut links - including MBAM
> itself. There are no executable files in there, just shortcut links.
>
> I find it hard to believe that these are real alerts - do you think I can
> ignore them?
>
>
> The registry item is
>
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CURR ENTVERSION\POLICIES\EXPLORER\NOACTIVEDESKTOPCHANGE S
> Bad (1) Good (0)
>
> Can someone please explain what this is and if I should delete it.
>
>
> Many thanks
Just discovered from a sequence of Googling that a folder named as
"Protection" is created by some malware or other, which is why it is
flagged. Renaming my folder has stopped it being flagged.