ATTN GeeWhiz (pdk folders in temp directory)

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For GeeWhiz and anyone else wondering (as I was) why they have many
empty "pdk-username-number" folders in their temp folder...

I noticed these on one of my machines and searched google's web and
usenet archives to find the same question asked but never answered, so
I did some forensic digging and tracked down the appearance of my
first pdk folder to the same week I started using POPFile, a popular
bayesian spam filtering program. POPFile's faq page then gave the game
away completely:

<http://popfile.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?FrequentlyAskedQuestionsOverview>

Known Issues
= an empty "pdk-*" folder is created in the TEMP
folder every time POPFile is started via runpopfile.exe/popfile.exe

Mystery solved! Well, for me anyway. Other people might have an
entirely different reason for the same symptoms

--
Larry Lard
Replies to group please

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics (More info?)

Considering this is a Windows NG and Popfile is not a Windows program it
isn't surprising you didn't get the response you expected. Go to their NG's
to get info on their programs. While you are wating please feel free to ask
any question you may have about Windows XP as that is the NG where you are.
{]:~)

 

[Navion]

I was also finding these and thought they were related to the clickwindows.com virus I was working on for a client. Turned off his damaged Panda AV and they went away. I agree that they are related to anti-spam sw.
That said, using a variety of temp file cleaners didn't get rid of them, at least until I turned off Panda.