Re: Alternate data Streams

In addition to the advice from Wes you may find this helpful:

Streams v1.56
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/utilities/Streams.mspx

John

Mike Hoban wrote:
Hello, I am looking for advice on how to locate and remove Alternate data Streams from jpeg files. They during in my virus scan, but no where else. I fear they are causing my system to slow down considerably.
thanks


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