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More info?)
One says it was installed by MSN and the other is a mystery.
Sean
"t.cruise" <t__cruise@[NoSpam]hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Right click one of the files, left click Properties, and see if you can
> determine which
> application created them. If it says Unknown Application, and the file is
> small, open it
> with Notepad and see if amongst the garbage characters you can find an
> application name,
> or other clues. If it is too big to open in Notepad, open it in WordPad.
> If no clues are
> found there, try going to:
>
>
http://www.paretologic.com/products.aspx
>
> Download and Install Xoftspy, allow the definitions to be updated after
> installing (each
> time that you open the program it connects to the parent site to see if
> there are updated
> definitions. After updating definitions, click the scan settings button,
> then click on
> Click Here To Select Folder, and then click to put a checkmark to the left
> of your local
> hard drive (usually C), then click the Start button to start the scan.
> For me, Xoftspy
> seems to find spyware/adware/malware/trojans that Ad-Aware and other
> utilities miss. The
> trial version of Xoftspy is crippled. It will give a list of what it
> finds, you can click
> on an item and get object details, but it will not remove the items. If
> you register and
> pay, and type in the product key, Xoftspy will then remove the problem
> objects and
> automatically back them up to quarantine. You can delete them from
> quarantine at a later
> time, when you are sure that you do not need the quarantined objects.
> Some software will
> not run without its spyware/adware. So, it is then your call if you want
> to really use
> that software, and unquarantine the item that is stopping it from running.
> Personally, I
> uninstall all software which requires adware/spyware in order to run.
> Even if you have no
> intention or purchasing Xoftspy, at least download and install it and scan
> your drive, to
> see what items, if any, it finds that your other utilities did not find.
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> T.C.
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> "Sean001" <Sean@lochandlakes.co.uk> wrote in message
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>> Here is a query for you. Yesterday (05/09/2005) a folder marked backups
>> appeared on my desktop. The folder contains 2 files titled
>> backup-20050906-200750-132
>> and
>> backup-20050906-200750-131.2.1001
>>
>> I have no idea what either are. I have tried googleing this but to no
>> avail.
>> I have scanned the folder using Norton Antivirus, Lavasoft Ad-Aware SE,
>> Spybot and MS antispyware and all returned nothing. I think this may be
>> just
>> something silly like me having a setting wrong but the weird thing is
>> that I
>> deleted the folder yesterday and it has regenerated today. Any body got
>> any
>> ideas.
>>
>> Any help would be much appreciated.
>>
>> Sean
>>
>>
>
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