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What are these files??

#1 User is offline   FrogMaster 

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Posted 20 July 2002 - 04:05 PM

I noticed something is constantly creating a file called prefs.pc8 deep down in the user profile folder mad

the file reads:
------------------------------------------------------------------
# Mozilla User Preferences
// This is a generated file!

user_pref("browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone", "rv:0.9.4");
user_pref("browser.startup.page", 0);
user_pref("prefs.converted-to-utf8", true);
user_pref("timebomb.first_launch_time", "1014223337278000");
------------------------------------------------------------------
It creates the file 1500 times then stops! (can see it in norton bin/purge)
When I purge those files, something restarts the whole process until the number reaches 1500 again confused

I run W2K-sp2 with all current fixes/patches
IE6 is my only browser
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Posted 21 July 2002 - 04:23 PM

cool
Nestscape spyware he?
Removed similar folder from all user profiles on this machine.
Seems to have killed the baddy.
What is weird is that it is a two-month old clean install. Netscape was never installed.
Brought in by another intrusive app?
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