Strange folder .swt in UserProfile win7

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TheVisitor
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Strange folder .swt in UserProfile win7

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I was looking through 'Explorer' this morning and found this new folder: .swt
located: J:\Users\Username\.swt\lib\win32\x86
contains two dll files:
swt-win32-3740.dll
swt-gdip-win32-3740.dll

Google points to something called 'Standard Widget Toolkit' ? by Eclipse ? http://www.eclipse.org/swt/
I have not installed any new software and this folder is dated: 1/29/13

Something new added by Mozilla ?
Anyone know if its safe to just delete the folder ?

Some google links point to Java, but have java disabled in browsers, both Firefox/and IE 10
http://systemexplorer.net/file-database ... 2-3740-dll

EDIT: Wonder if it has something to do with Firefox OS (B2G) or Mobile / Tablet Androids
TheVisitor
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Re: Strange folder .swt in UserProfile win7

Post by TheVisitor »

Mystery solved I think...

When the announcement was made a couple days ago about UpnP vulnerability in Routers it was suggested to check your system here:
http://www.rapid7.com/

I started to run this check and it wanted to 'install' something, being unsure and always aware of possible junk I aborted/canceled the install. Now I suspect it wrote that .swt folder and the dll's during the pre-install perhaps. If so.. then that's pretty nasty in my book.

I have deleted the .swt folder for now.
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Re: Strange folder .swt in UserProfile win7

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Re: Strange folder .swt in UserProfile win7

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Moving to Tech since this isn't something Firefox related.
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