Farbar Recovery Scan Tool

kerryh_r · Aug 13, 2026 at 5:21 AM

Based on your guide, i downloaded, installed and ran this tool. During execution, it started to download files from my personal folder. Why does it do that, and where are the files going? It seems rather dubious to me

Oh My! · Aug 13, 2026 at 10:08 AM

FRST does not do that. It may create a randomly named temporary file that should be automatically deleted once the program has completed running.

Can you describe what you see? It is possible that activity is related to something other than FRST.

kerryh_r · Aug 13, 2026 at 6:14 PM

Oh My! said: ↑

FRST does not do that. It may create a randomly named temporary file that should be automatically deleted once the program has completed running.

Can you describe what you see? It is possible that activity is related to something other than FRST.[/QUOTE
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Text in the tool window clearly said it was downloading files from my personal folder that contained documents with private name, address, email and financial information. There was no detail about a specific temporary file. I stopped the process when I realised. I am loathe to retry if I am unsure where they are going

Oh My! · Aug 13, 2026 at 8:39 PM

Are you sure you are not seeing the entries being scanned rather than downloaded? The entries roll by quite fast.

kerryh_r · Aug 14, 2026 at 5:20 AM

To be sure, I just started up in safe mode, and ran it again. There were no downloading messages from my personal folder.
I dont know if that will impact your analysis, but attached are the two files.
Thanks again for your assistance. Ive used your website intermittently for a long time now

Oh My! · Aug 14, 2026 at 7:33 PM

May I ask what issue(s) caused you to post a topic?

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Farbar Recovery Scan Tool

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Attached Files:

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