Re: Error message in XP Home

The file extension is the part of a file name that comes after the final
period. For example:

readme.txt
Animal.Mammal.Rodent.Mouse.Data
Performance Analysis for January 1.report
datafile

The first three examples have the file extensions .txt, .Data, and .report.
The last file has no extension.

File extensions typically hint at the type of data a file contains.

Six of them were named win*.*.tmp, but they were
applications.

Normally files with the .tmp file extension are temporary files. These are
not applications nor should they be executable files. However, some malware
can create executable files with a .tmp extension. They do this to try to
be sneaky. Executable files like cmd.exe or command.com are programs.

Do you have file extensions enabled? Malware also tries to hide bad files
by giving them a name such as somename.txt.exe or somename.tmp.exe, so that
if you do not have file extensions enabled all you see is somename.txt or
somename.tmp.

Start | Settings | Control Panel | Folder Options | View tab |
UNCheck: Hide extensions for known file types

Now you should be able to see the file extensions.

win*.*.tmp sure looks suspicious to me.

I have deleted them, but I'm afraid that new ones are been created by
the system.

Probably not the system, probably by malware. Software is good, malware is
BAD.

UPDATE your antivirus software and run a complete scan.

UPDATE whatever anti-spyware applications that you have and run a full
system scan with each one.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:1163797250.783881.93430@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
wolfgy <wolfgson@xxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
I have searched using WIN*.EXE, as you have indicated, and I have found
sevaral files. Six of them were named win*.*.tmp, but they were
applications.

I have deleted them, but I'm afraid that new ones are been created by
the system.


Wesley Vogel ha escrito:

Then what is C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\WIN*.*~1.EXE ?? WIN*.*~1.EXE looks like an
.exe file to me. It also looks like some sort of malware.

Try doing a Search for WIN*.*~1.EXE

See this...
HOW TO: Search For Hidden Or System Files In Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/302347

You may have to Search using WIN*.EXE

The asterisk (*) is a wildcard when searching.

Searching for WIN*.EXE will find all .exe files that start with WIN.
Like winchat.exe, windiff.exe, winhelp.exe, etc.

<quote>
A wildcard character is a keyboard character such as an asterisk (*) or a
question mark (?) that is used to represent one or more characters when
you are searching for files, folders, printers, computers, or people.
Wildcard characters are often used in place of one or more characters
when you do not know what the real character is or you do not want to
type the entire name.

Use the asterisk as a substitute for zero or more characters. If you are
looking for a file that you know starts with "gloss" but you cannot
remember the rest of the file name, type the following:

gloss*

This locates all files of any file type that begin with "gloss" including
Glossary.txt, Glossary.doc, and Glossy.doc. To narrow the search to a
specific type of file, type:

gloss*.doc

This locates all files that begin with "gloss" but have the file name
extension .doc, such as Glossary.doc and Glossy.doc.

Use the question mark as a substitute for a single character in a name.
For example, if you type gloss?.doc, you will locate the file Glossy.doc
or Gloss1.doc but not Glossary.doc.
<quote>
from...

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/find_c_search_wildcard.mspx?mfr=true

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:1163784970.504130.14380@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
wolfgy <wolfgson@xxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
Thanks Wesley!
I'll follow your advice. However, there is no .EXE file on my TEMP
folder.



Wesley Vogel ha escrito:

Clean out the C:\WINDOWS\TEMP folder. There should be no .exe files in
there.

UPDATE your antivirus software and run a complete scan.

UPDATE whatever anti-spyware applications that you have and run a full
system scan with each one.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:1163783257.411727.279240@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
wolfgy <wolfgson@xxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
For the last couple of days a pop up black window appears on my screen
every twenty minutes with the following message:
C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\WIN*.*~1.EXE

I have uninstalled Norton Antivirus 2005, and have replaced it with
Panda Internet Security 2007, but none of them detects any viruses on
my PC.

Could you please tell me how to solve this problem?

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