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Suspicious-looking folders

I notice that recently when I go to attach a file to email, above "Recent Places" in the file selector list there are a bunch of suspicious-looking folders I've never seen before, named:


  • WebArchiveCopyPasteTempFiles
  • com.microsoft.Word
  • fzp09ngngh2hvdnzgb...(and then a bunch of other seemingly random characters)
  • T
  • rt
  • folders
  • var
  • private


Should I be concerned?

MacBook Pro 15", macOS 10.15

Posted on Apr 28, 2020 9:24 AM

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Posted on Apr 28, 2020 10:17 AM

Not suspicious.

This is a path to a temporary file used by Word.

Just select something else in a different folder and don't worry.


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Suspicious-looking folders

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