datacardGKU

Just cleaning up my daughters Aspire One and found a directory and file called "DatacardGKU".

Anyone know what it is ?

Cheers

Chris

 

Hi

Try a search on google, there are several entries one suggesting a virus.

 

I did do a search, but nothing definitive came up...

c

 

A datacard gku folder just turned up on my aspire one as well, it might be something to do with the live update i carried out? i don't think it was there before i ran the updater. I'm going to delete it, i'm in charge of who puts what on my computer!

 

Did you manage to delete it ? I have tried but failed.

Any suggestions on how I delete this file ?

I have tried, but I dont have permissions :-( Its my machine!!!!!!!!!

c

 

Hi ChrisH

It looks like your datacardGKU is related to 3G networks and has been part of the updates from Acer. I last done Live Update on Monday and part of that was a patch for a 3G modem and is called datacardGKU.
I have also searched in File Manager for entries related to datacard and there are 13 (unlucky for some) in my system dating back to July 2008. The greatest number have a date of 20 February 2009 and one is DataCardGKU, an executable.

 

I managed to remove this app by going into your terminal as root and using this:

Code:

yum remove datacardu

cheers