Folders found on SD Card

Senior · 01-04-2012, 01:14 PM

My external sd card has acquired a couple of folders and I would like to know what they are. The first is KOBOPEGASUS the 2nd is burstlyImageCashe
The 1st one seems to house a number of Google files and a couple of empty subfolders, my guess is that it is alright but where did it come from?

The second is more worrisome as my Kobo made reference to a virus threat when my wife was using it, but a run through with my Avast Virus program did not show a threat. It seems it might be an advertisement gizmo placed there when I set up GMail and a Google account.

Any ideas?

oldyellr · 01-04-2012, 03:58 PM

It's curious how apps will hijack the external SD card and not tell you about it. Any time you remove the card to import a book, you have to go through the steps of unmounting the card. Then, when you put it back in, it mounts automatically. However, the last time I put it back, it didn't seat and bounced back out again, so I had to push it in again until it stayed. Meanwhile, there was a bunch of stuff abut the SD card on the status line and when I looked in my library, most of the books were gone and I had to download them again. I now use Dropbox to sideload books so I don't have to mess with the SD card any more than necessary.

hpulley · 01-04-2012, 06:36 PM

The app install probably warned about what it would do but most just click Install anyways. Too bad most perms are all or nothing, you can't pick and choose but that is just how Android does it.

Kobopegasus is from the Kobo Vox itself.

01-04-2012, 01:14 PM	#1
Senior Zealot Posts: 116 Karma: 171882 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Halifax Nova Scotia Canada Device: Kobo Vox	Folders found on SD Card My external sd card has acquired a couple of folders and I would like to know what they are. The first is KOBOPEGASUS the 2nd is burstlyImageCashe The 1st one seems to house a number of Google files and a couple of empty subfolders, my guess is that it is alright but where did it come from? The second is more worrisome as my Kobo made reference to a virus threat when my wife was using it, but a run through with my Avast Virus program did not show a threat. It seems it might be an advertisement gizmo placed there when I set up GMail and a Google account. Any ideas?

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01-04-2012, 03:58 PM	#2
oldyellr Evangelist Posts: 486 Karma: 26106 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Vox, Amazon Fire 7	It's curious how apps will hijack the external SD card and not tell you about it. Any time you remove the card to import a book, you have to go through the steps of unmounting the card. Then, when you put it back in, it mounts automatically. However, the last time I put it back, it didn't seat and bounced back out again, so I had to push it in again until it stayed. Meanwhile, there was a bunch of stuff abut the SD card on the status line and when I looked in my library, most of the books were gone and I had to download them again. I now use Dropbox to sideload books so I don't have to mess with the SD card any more than necessary.

01-04-2012, 06:36 PM	#3
hpulley Addict Posts: 288 Karma: 29760 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Ontario, Canada Device: Kobo Vox, Playbook32	The app install probably warned about what it would do but most just click Install anyways. Too bad most perms are all or nothing, you can't pick and choose but that is just how Android does it. Kobopegasus is from the Kobo Vox itself.

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