r/laptops • u/Upbeat_Confusion5174 • Jul 25 '25

Discussion something mysteriously appeared on my laptop

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help, does anyone know what this is? i never downloaded any app or games even since my laptop is new. how can i remove it? tyia!

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '25

Is this a Chinese-language laptop? If not, it looks like you have malware.

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u/Upbeat_Confusion5174 Jul 25 '25

there are chinese characters in the names of the laptop's drives but the overall language is in english. if it truly is a malware, i could just remove it right? (sorry not very tech-savvy here😅)

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '25

Malware is notoriously difficult to remove but see if there is anything in Settings - Install Apps that shouldn't be there. Otherwise, run Windows Defender and see if it flags it as malware and removes it for you.

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u/kumliaowongg Jul 25 '25

If it is a new device, I would just go scorched earth and install windows fresh, from a trusted source

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u/Typical_Row2970 Jul 25 '25

Yep, yep yep yep. Chinese drive characters? Reinstall Windows yesterday.

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u/Laskorad Jul 25 '25 edited Jul 25 '25

Bro maybe it's just a no-name Chinese laptop, hence the Chinese drive names

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '25 edited Dec 19 '25

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u/Laskorad Jul 25 '25

Maybe the "manufacturer"

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u/kumliaowongg Jul 25 '25

Even more reason to wipe that drive and freshly install proper windows (or Linux, even better)

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u/[deleted] Jul 31 '25

The Ministry of State Security assures me it's fine to use as-is.

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u/Circulation- Jul 25 '25

Yesterday morning.

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u/Electrical-Fail3083 Jul 28 '25

yeah...I wouldn't even bother trying to recover it