what is this strange folder "download" ?

Some time after i did put my C-drive in the state it was when i bought it with the provided cd , i suddenly noticed that there was a folder on my D-drive which wasn't there before
The name of the folder is "download" and it is empty. It is also "read only " marked and when i change this, it automatically changes it back to read only. I cannot delete it,changes its name or gain access to it although i configured my mapoptions to see all hidden / system files. Even when i tried it in safe mode.
I scanned the folder with Norton Antivirus , TDS-3, Ewido, and so.
When i want to scan it online with Kaspersky it says " D:\download is niet toegankelijk, toegang geweigerd" ( is not accessible,access refused )

Is this dangerous?

 

My xp home had a folder named download as a default reciepient for your downloads. I am now running a custom version of xp pro and it didn't have a download folder so I had to create one. I can't see where it could be dangerous

 

Thanks Bigc , but the folder wasn't there before and i have a "my downloads" folder on my C-drive.
So is this folder then used by Microsoft for their setupdownloads?
And why can't i open it to take a look what 's in it?

 

That is what is a little strange, I have a download folder that is put there by the os and a my downloads in my documents. But I can open them both. Have you right clicked the folder and clicked properties to see what that says.

 

yes i did.It is "read only" and i can't change that, and it' s 0 bytes

 

If it is "o" in size at least there is nothing in it and being read only it is not going to execute anything. I don't think I would worry about it to much. It sounds as if a setting got ticked somewhere that made it read only.

 

a BIG thanks to bigc!

(But i am still curious now, how this could happen and so... )

 

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