I can tell you that it is not a system folder, nor is it part of WinXP.
Before you delete it, try renaming it.
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Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
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<billhounslow@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1130633793.509601.159980@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >I seem to have a hidden folder named Offpoint within my Program Files
> directory. I foud it when doing a defrag because it was listed as the
> directory in which several files which could not be defragmented were
> located. They appear to be cache files of some sort. It may be
> related to an infection with the Trojan Downloader.Istbar.
>
> I can't even make it visible in DOS.
>
> Does anyone know anything about this folder? Should I delete it, and
> if so, how?
>
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