text document keeps appearing on desktop

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i am having trouble with a text document(dxva-sig) appearing on my desktop.i
have sent it to the recycle bin 3 times but a new one appears.can anyone tell
me why this is happening. when i open the doc it opens notepad but there is
nothing in it.i am new to computing and dont want to delete anything unless i
know what it is
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viv

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On Tue, 19 Apr 2005 11:55:05 -0700, viv <viv@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

forget the spyware answer. Upgrade your media player. then delete the file.

>i am having trouble with a text document(dxva-sig) appearing on my desktop.i
>have sent it to the recycle bin 3 times but a new one appears.can anyone tell
>me why this is happening. when i open the doc it opens notepad but there is
>nothing in it.i am new to computing and dont want to delete anything unless i
>know what it is

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On Wed, 20 Apr 2005 01:35:01 -0700, viv <viv@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

Obviously it's used by media player. And it would seem that deleting it is not
a problem either since it recreated itself often enough.
And if it complains, I'd guess just about anyone can create a zero byte length
file even with no programming experience.

>thanks, i`ll try that.What is this document(dxva-sig) used for? is it used in
>a programme or is it something that has been created by someone using my
>computer? i have found it in w media player & in "my documents". do i delete
>all of these references to the file?
>
>"Husky" wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 19 Apr 2005 11:55:05 -0700, viv <viv@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>
>> forget the spyware answer. Upgrade your media player. then delete the file.
>>
>> >i am having trouble with a text document(dxva-sig) appearing on my desktop.i
>> >have sent it to the recycle bin 3 times but a new one appears.can anyone tell
>> >me why this is happening. when i open the doc it opens notepad but there is
>> >nothing in it.i am new to computing and dont want to delete anything unless i
>> >know what it is
>>
>> --
>> more pix @ http://members.toast.net/cbminfo/index.html
>>

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