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  1. October 21st, 2003, 07:08 AM #1
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    Question WTF is a file called '~.'

    This is a new one on me .... have a user who keeps getting a file called '~' appear on his desktop (just '~'{tilde} no suffix) ... so I opened it with notepad & it appears to be the contents of his address book !!

    No viruses, trojans or anything iffy I can detect (with a barage of tools/av proggies) .... I get rid of it but it just keeps re-appearing after 4 or 5 days, this is a pretty clean instal, I'm confident the user hasn't added anything 'bad', but I suppose there's a new net nasty everyday ... most confus-ed on this one !

    Suggestions ... leads please
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  2. October 21st, 2003, 07:48 AM #2
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    It is the result of a windows update 330994 patch.

    http://www.pchell.com/support/tildefile.shtml
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  3. October 21st, 2003, 08:21 AM #3
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    Thank you muchly ... of course an Adept reply
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  4. October 21st, 2003, 09:05 AM #4
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    Quote Originally Posted by confus-ed
    Thank you muchly ... of course an Adept reply
    I was wondering what that was myself, thanks for the info... now I can explain it properly to customers...
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  5. October 21st, 2003, 11:16 AM #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by confus-ed
    Thank you muchly ... of course an Adept reply
    You're quite welcome.

    It's weird stuff like this that keeps me interested in IT and allows me to keep current until I find a full-time job.
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  6. October 21st, 2003, 11:46 AM #6
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    Cool. I didn't do much wrong when I deleted it.
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  7. October 21st, 2003, 02:51 PM #7
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    Sweet! I had that file last week myself. Thanks adept
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  8. October 22nd, 2003, 11:14 AM #8
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    Yep. Just ran into that one last Saturday. When will Microsoft "patch" THIS patch?
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