Help with a boot file that I found and want to know what it is

Hi. I found this file in Boot folder in my windows HD, the only info I got is something related to linux. I am on Windows pro x64. Just want to make sure It's nothing malicious. As you can see, it's missing from my other OS HD with the same version of windows. I don't know what the partition called ESP even is. This partition is super hidden and only diskgenius found it.



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Found this in a forum that is related to dual boot ubuntu linux and windows, to dual boot windows and linux or ubuntu? But it was related to dual booting with those 2, and that file name was in there. I never had linux, it has never been o my system.

I'm fearing the worst, like something that is hidden that dual boots into linux that uses something/that file from this super hidden partition, maybe some rootkit or what ever. However, no rootkit scanners find anything, but still, it might be because it's encrypted? And hidden, and because of that, it bypasses the scanners? This is not impossible, hence why I'm asking.

hidden esp partition is standard for efi booting windows.

bootx64.efi is a windows file

I dont recognize the names of the other two, are you booting something else ? Just looked it up, apparently something to do with wubi.

SIW2 said:

hidden esp partition is standard for efi booting windows. Looks normal to me.

bootx64.efi is a windows file

Presumably those other two are linux files.

Weird, why do I have linux files? And the BOOT folder is only on my HDD where 1 of my OS is installed, the other HDD OS Installation as seen in the image does not have the BOOT folder neither the file EASWINPE.DAT. I made a backup on that drive that has that folder and file with EaseUS Todo backup, but i cant find anything related to easeUS and that file, and also its linux based so what does that have to do with EaseUS?

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Is it safe for me to delete that BOOT folder? That folder like I said is not present in my other OS installation on other HDD. So I can't see how it's needed. And I would love to know what the hell has installed that and why and what It's used for.

that could be an easeus file.

for example, if you select reboot to diskgenius winpe, you will find a file in there called DGRebootRun.ini

Weird, why do I have linux files?

have you any other programs ( partitioning/imaging etc ) which use linux boot media ?

SIW2 said:

hidden esp partition is standard for efi booting windows.

bootx64.efi is a windows file

I dont recognize the names of the other two, are you booting something else ? Just looked it up, apparently something to do with wubi.

The files you are talking about is not what I am interested in, ignore those files you see in the image. It's the EASWINPE.DAT I am talking about. Is that a linux file? What I gathered, the image you see is from a forum where they talk about dual boot from Ubuntu and windows. So I am guessing the file is related to that. I never had linux ever, so why is it there?

have you any other programs ( partitioning/imaging etc ) which use linux boot media ?

SIW2 said:

that could be an easeus file.

for example, if you select reboot to diskgenius winpe, you will find a file in there called DGRebootRun.ini




have you any other programs ( partitioning/imaging etc ) which use linux boot media ?

i guess what i could do is, make a backup of my other os disk and see if easeUS will put that file on the disk. If not then its not related to that.

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SIW2 said:

have you any other programs ( partitioning/imaging etc ) which use linux boot media ?

I have AOEMI Disk Partition, Disk Drill. I don't know if they use linux boot media though.

If you can make a copy of the file that you can see in Windows, make the copy and upload it to VirusTotal to see if anyone else made an upload of that exact file and see if there are any virus scanners that see it as a suspicious file, or if people left any comments about that file.

pepanee said:

If you can make a copy of the file that you can see in Windows, make the copy and upload it to VirusTotal to see if anyone else made an upload of that exact file and see if there are any virus scanners that see it as a suspicious file, or if people left any comments about that file.

Nothing found and no comments BUT it says its EASLINUX.DAT