peripheral storage removable Ghost are viruses?

I recently watched two storage devices detachable 'Phantom' on my Windows 7 PC.

They did not disappear after reboot or system restore.

They seemed to contain no data (click right properties) and cannot be removed by right click Eject.

A colleague has managed to remove by using the command line (mountvol : D) with administrator rights.

I'm running microsoft security databases and also use malewarebytes anti-malware.

When searching for these readers with anti-malware, they seem to be directed to some windows system files.

Removable storage devices seem to be called usb device generic flash hs - cf and usb device generic flash hs-combo.

Now we noticed also the other windows 7 and XP PC have these additional disks 'ghost' too.

For me, I have some sort of virus etc, but should I be?

There is little or no information on it via google

Please could someone advise.

Concerning

Jon

These devices relate to media (slots) card readers.    You can have these integrated in your computer or to a device like a printer attached.  They indicate no malware.

If you prefer not to see their when not in service, Folder Options, view tab, you can check to hide empty drives in the computer folder.

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