Suspicious file named '~' appear in C drive

[Gan]

I kept getting a file named '~' with 496KB appear in my C: drive. I've
already updated the latest Norton virus definition file and check for
spyware with 4 different products but can't figure out the cause.

Anyone experience this as well?

 

[Bart Bailey]

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I kept getting a file named '~' with 496KB appear in my C: drive. I've
already updated the latest Norton virus definition file and check for
spyware with 4 different products but can't figure out the cause.

Anyone experience this as well?

http://www.pchell.com/support/tildefile.shtml

 

[Boyd Williston]

(e-mail address removed) (Gan) wrote in

I kept getting a file named '~' with 496KB appear in my C: drive. I've
already updated the latest Norton virus definition file and check for
spyware with 4 different products but can't figure out the cause.

Anyone experience this as well?

It's a 'feature' of one of the Microsoft patches. Delete it whenever it
shows up. Harmless.

 

[k35454]

I kept getting a file named '~' with 496KB appear in my C: drive. I've
already updated the latest Norton virus definition file and check for
spyware with 4 different products but can't figure out the cause.

Anyone experience this as well?

I get something like that putting an icon on my desktop which I consign
promptly to the recycle bin. k35454.

 

[Why so many stars for so few four-leaf clovers?]

It's a bug in MS-OE. Rename "toto.wab" and you will see a copy of your
Windows Address Book.

 

[Conor]

I kept getting a file named '~' with 496KB appear in my C: drive. I've
already updated the latest Norton virus definition file and check for
spyware with 4 different products but can't figure out the cause.

Anyone experience this as well?

It's a backup of the Windows address book which OE uses. It's supposed
to be deleted by OE but it doesn't always happen.


--
Conor

"The vast majority of Iraqis want to live in a peaceful, free world.
And we will find these people and we will bring them to justice."
- George Bush

 

[David H. Lipman]

It is a bug in Outlook Express. The '~' file is a copy of you Windows Address Book. If you
rename it TEST.WAB you will be able to see your address book.

Just delete the file.

Dave



| I kept getting a file named '~' with 496KB appear in my C: drive. I've
| already updated the latest Norton virus definition file and check for
| spyware with 4 different products but can't figure out the cause.
|
| Anyone experience this as well?