What is gb_en.smd?

[XtrGamer]

I have a Micromax X265 in which a file called gb_en.smd has appeared. It wasn't there when I bought it. Now when I try to delete it re appears. How can I get rid of this thing forever? Is it a possible virus??

[SuperDave]

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It's difficult to say without running some scans on the computer. Do you wish to do so?

[XtrGamer]

whoa whoa slow down bro. Micromax x625 is a mobile phone. not an infected computer. sorry i didnt make that clear earlier on.

[evilfantasy]

Not reported as malware - http://r.virscan.org/914fc9e7abc8f8dd6beb0393c6b7bcc2

Does this phone have Internet?
What Operating System?
SD Card or just internal memory?

[BC_Programmer]

gb_en is the identifier for British English (Great Britain _ ENglish). Which makes me highly doubt it is related to any sort of malicious activity.

Doing some google's, aside from the usage I'm familiar with, the .smd is sometimes used to store updated Flash BIOS and system software on some mobile devices. As part of the boot process, the "normal" system software will look for the file, and if it finds it for it's defined locale it will load it. This file is probably added by whatever software you use in conjunction with the phone on your machine, which likely checks for the latest version and plops it down as a file on the device each time. (It's also possible that the phone protects it in some manner, by rewriting it if it is deleted)

[evilfantasy]

(It's also possible that the phone protects it in some manner, by rewriting it if it is deleted)

Everything I read said that it does recreate itself.

[XtrGamer]

sd card, no renowned OS system and i think this got in when i tried to transfer my files into the sd card
 

[evilfantasy]

This file is probably added by whatever software you use in conjunction with the phone on your machine.....

It's likely something like that. My phone will write to the SD card some files that seem totally useless or unnecessary. But it must have a legitimate reason for doing it.

If the file isn't huge then just leave it. You can also run a virus scan on your SD card either through the USB/Computer or put the SD card into the computer and scan it that way.