bin folder with a "check-home" file appeared in Home directory

[Clay Weber]

> On Thursday, May 03, 2012 11:37:18 AM Lucas L wrote:
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> Date: Wed, 2 May 2012 23:23:03 -0700
> From: George Dvorak <gldvorak at gmail.com>
> To: Kubuntu user technical support <kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Subject: Re: bin folder with a "check-home" file appeared in Home
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> I have an executable file also /proc/self/exe. What causes you to worry
> about this file?
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> Sorry, I think I  wasn't clear enough. Yesterday night I opened my Home and 
found this new folder, called "bin", with a file inside called "check-home". To 
make it clear, what appeared is /home/user/bin/check-home. 
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> I googled it and only found a result in a Linux-Mint forum, but the user 
with the same problem din't get an answer. 
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> So I'm trying to figure out what is it about, and if it could be some kind of 
malware. 
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> Thanks,
> Lucas
> 
Have you installed something manually via a script or installer other than a 
deb file? 

Some games that get installed to your home dir (ie as user and not system-
wide) and not requiring sudo can add directories like this. It can mirror your 
root folder heirarchy a little. A game may install an executable file in such a 
~/bin folder, for example. It is safe to remove, as it is not a system file, 
but obviously whatever you installed that needs it may not.

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clay