What is Rarsfx?

Scoop_112

So I got alt tabbed out of a game I was playing and when I looked in the notifications of Bitdefender I saw that something was allowed through the firewall. I denied it so I don't have the exact file path but I think it was like

c:/Windows/Temp/Rarsfx1/packages/installer.exe

I had this same file like a year ago, and again I've looked up things and there's really nothing conclusive. The folder and file deleted itself too when I right clicked on something called "installation file" or something similar that was in my task manager. Same thing that happened when I first saw Rarsfx a year ago.

Only post I've found that said anything was this, an old Bitdefender forum post.

Flexx

https://community.bitdefender.com/en/discussion/99940/what-is-rarsfx

RarSFX is a technology that lets you put an installer inside a compressed RAR file, making it self-extracting. This means when you run it, it can automatically start the installation process. The file being in the Temp folder suggests it's a temporary file used just for installation. Once the installation is done, the file gets deleted because it's no longer needed.


Perform the steps provided below:

1) Open the Run command and execute the following commands one by one:

temp – delete all the files in the folder.

%temp% – delete all the files in the folder.

prefetch – delete all the files in the folder.

2) Run Disk Cleanup using this guide: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/disk-cleanup-in-windows-8a96ff42-5751-39ad-23d6-434b4d5b9a68

That's it. Everything is sorted afterwards.

Regards