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Since upgrading to High Sierra, I've noticed empty, oddly named folders appearing in my home directory such as:
{
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cutabÖ ögA*ö7
ntern
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I periodically trash them, but new ones eventually pop up and it's getting annoying. I haven't been able to link any activity to them appearing. I know it's not a lot to go on, but I'd really appreciate any suggestions. Thanks in advance!
SOLVED. I found a person on Reddit with the same issue and by comparing notes we were able to track this down to a Safari plug-in called ActiveGS.plugin. To fix: go to ~/Library/Internet Plug-Ins and move ActiveGS.plugin to the trash. Quit Safari. Delete the oddly named, empty folders in the home directory as well as the folder named ActiveGSLocalData. Restart your Mac.
SOLVED. I found a person on Reddit with the same issue and by comparing notes we were able to track this down to a Safari plug-in called ActiveGS.plugin. To fix: go to ~/Library/Internet Plug-Ins and move ActiveGS.plugin to the trash. Quit Safari. Delete the oddly named, empty folders in the home directory as well as the folder named ActiveGSLocalData. Restart your Mac.
Empty, oddly named folders appearing in home directory
