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Is this a real threat Desktop.ini

On all home laptops avg found and secured a potential threat under the name other:malware[trj], in the location Burn\Burn\Desktop.ini.
After looking online Desktop.ini is always present in the burn folder and should not be a threat.

Is this a real threat or a false positive?
Thankyou
Bhuvaneswari VairavanBhuvaneswari Vairavan (Avast)
Hello Suzi,

I am sorry to hear that. I would love to assist you. Can you please share the screenshot http://support.avg.com/SupportArticleView?urlname=How-to-create-a-screenshot of the threat detection message to check and assist you further?

Just in case that you are unaware, you can post the screenshot here in your topic. Click on 'Answer' & then click on the 'Image' [mountain symbol] & follow the instructions.
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Here is a screen shot of it on one of the laptops, On one of the laptops
Jane CaldwellJane Caldwell
I am having the same problem, which started this morning.  Have clicked repeatedly on "resolve" but it doesn't place the item in quarantine or eliminate it.  Then when I try to return to the main screen, I am told "You have not resolved this issue" and "Do you really want to ignore this and exit?"  Well, no, I don't, but it won't resolve the problem.  So what do I do now?  
Bhuvaneswari VairavanBhuvaneswari Vairavan (Avast)
Suzi, Thank you for providing the screenshot. It is a threat and AVG had moved the files to quarantine successfully. I request you to delete the threat from the quarantine. If you face any issues in removing the threat, please follow the email steps to send us a diagnostic information to help us to analyze the situation and provide you with a solution.
Bhuvaneswari VairavanBhuvaneswari Vairavan (Avast)
Hello Jane,
I am sorry for the inconvenience. I would request you to get in touch with our technical support using this link 
https://support.avg.com/support_tech_chat. Also, please provide the case number  04951224 to our technical support agent to assist you further.
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I have removed from quaratine easily. I was woundering if you could tell me any more about this threat as desktop.ini is always present in that folder and the new one created is not found as a threat? Also would you have an idea on how it was found on all laptops on my network as all laptops seem to be working fine and showing no signs of an infection?
Thank you.
KarthikeyanKarthikeyan (Foundever) 
Hello Suzi,

A Desktop.ini file is a file that determines the way a folder is displayed by Windows. These files can be found in any folder, anywhere on your computer, as long as that folder has a custom appearance set for it.
Desktop.ini files control things like the icon used for that folder and its localized name.

A particular or recently installed file must have got corrupted in all your computers or this can be a false detection which was added in the recent update of AVG, which will be automatically resolved in the next AVG update.
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