Recently, I found a mysterious document, "thumbs.db" in my computer and school's web server, "thumbs.db", from the name, this file seems to be a virus, I also guess it is a hacker's invasion Mark of. But the fact is like this, thumbs.db is harmless, it is generated by the Windows operating system, how to generate this file, is due to the "thumbnail" mode to browse the folder containing the picture After the system generated, the database file containing the viewed picture, so it can be safely deleted, and there is no need to have such a backup, you can set it down, turn off this feature, save space: 1. Click "Start" 2. Select "Control Panel" 3. Select "Folder Item" 4. Select "View" 5. Check "Unconverted Thumbnail" 6. Click "OK" Now you can search for thumbs.db files on your computer, delete them.