(ValveUnhandledExceptionFilter) Is it a virus/malware/spyware... ?

[skulz87]

Hello my Steam client is installed at "E:\Program Files (x86)\Steam ".

So just now there appears a text file in "D:\" called "ValveUnhandledExceptionFilter".

Im worried if its a virus or something like that, so what it is? Its 0 KB and its empty.

Any help would be much appreciated.

[skulz87]

Can I delete it safely?

[skulz87]

Originally posted by ~Ren~:

Why would you want to? It takes up no space on your hard drive and is empty, if it's needed by another program and it can't find it you might have all kinds of problems.

Because I dont like to have unknown files here and there in my computer?

Anyway I deleted it.

[El Coronavirus]

¿Y no tuviste problemas con algún juego, al borrarlo?

[nullable]

It should be safe to delete. A. It's just a text file. B. Based on the naming I would expect to to be a log file of some sort. C. You could probably have confirmed that by reading the file. D. Steam will probably just generate a new one when it's needed. E. There's millions of files on your computer that you don't know about, haven't vetted or don't understand the significance of.

[Falsus Te Deum]

Originally posted by Snakub Plissken:

It should be safe to delete. A. It's just a text file. B. Based on the naming I would expect to to be a log file of some sort. C. You could probably have confirmed that by reading the file. D. Steam will probably just generate a new one when it's needed. E. There's millions of files on your computer that you don't know about, haven't vetted or don't understand the significance of.

7 year later

[Melon! 969 PL]

what kind of antivirus do you have just out of curiosity? something strange this virus is not right it must be a steam file residue it's too much of a coincidence for it to be a virus with that name no!

[nullable]

Originally posted by Falsus Te Deum:

Originally posted by Snakub Plissken:

It should be safe to delete. A. It's just a text file. B. Based on the naming I would expect to to be a log file of some sort. C. You could probably have confirmed that by reading the file. D. Steam will probably just generate a new one when it's needed. E. There's millions of files on your computer that you don't know about, haven't vetted or don't understand the significance of.

7 year later:easy:

Ah. The post above mine is the one that necro'd it. I feel no shame for the fact I don't check the dates on every post I respond to. Even more so because I'm not hunting down posts off the front page.

[Franmoti]

I also have the file in my D: drive. The contents of the file are the same as the file name (ValveUnhandledExceptionFilter.txt) itself, "ValveUnhandledExceptionFilter". I can not find any information on the Internet about it :( I guess we need someone from Valve to explain what it is, and if we can safely delete it