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Diana, what letter? Mar 8, 2021 @ 6:06am
Weird file on desktop
As the title suggests, I found a file named update_hosts_cached.vdf on my desktop after closing dota 2. My concern is, is this a steam thing or a malware? because in the file there was a cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com and cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com. And no, I didn't open anything else after turning on the computer except for discord, steam, and dota 2.
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Originally posted by Phantom:
This is related to Steam, and i think it has to do with its updates.

The CDN (content delivery network) Akami and Cloudflare are utilized by Steam.

It is not malicious in any way, but i don't exactly know why it's on your desktop.
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Phantom Mar 8, 2021 @ 6:36am 
This is related to Steam, and i think it has to do with its updates.

The CDN (content delivery network) Akami and Cloudflare are utilized by Steam.

It is not malicious in any way, but i don't exactly know why it's on your desktop.
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󠀡 Sep 1, 2022 @ 10:10pm 
It popped up on my desktop, sort of. It's in my video section on my file explorer for some reason.
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TS2 Sep 2, 2022 @ 11:32pm 
Curious, but usually this would be written to an internal Steam directory or something.

Inspecting it in a text editor will also reveal more context for it.
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societyboy 财富 Sep 3, 2022 @ 2:07am 
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