Visual Basic file lurking in my temp file

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I found this file in the <user name>\localsettings\temp\GLF6 and it shows
as a visual basic file. Opeing the file in Notepad gives the following :

On Error Resume Next
strFullName = WScript.ScriptFullName
set filesys = Wscript.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
WScript.Sleep 1000
FileSys.DeleteFile ("C:\PROGRA~1\Yahoo!\Common\unyt.exe")
FileSys.DeleteFolder ("C:\PROGRA~1\Yahoo!\COMPAN~1\Installs\cpn")
FileSys.DeleteFile strFullName

What is this doing ?
 
mel said:
I found this file in the <user name>\localsettings\temp\GLF6 and it shows
as a visual basic file. Opeing the file in Notepad gives the following :

On Error Resume Next
strFullName = WScript.ScriptFullName
set filesys = Wscript.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
WScript.Sleep 1000
FileSys.DeleteFile ("C:\PROGRA~1\Yahoo!\Common\unyt.exe")
FileSys.DeleteFolder ("C:\PROGRA~1\Yahoo!\COMPAN~1\Installs\cpn")
FileSys.DeleteFile strFullName

What is this doing ?
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Probably waiting to be deleted. Files in the "<user
name>\localsettings\temp" directory generally should be deleted by the
installer program that put them there but this doesn't always happen.

If you need more info about the file a google search for the file name
resulted in this
http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=unyt.exe&btnG=Google+Search&meta=
 
If run it would attempt to delete the file mentioned then the folder
mentioned then the script itself.

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:
|I found this file in the <user name>\localsettings\temp\GLF6 and it shows
| as a visual basic file. Opeing the file in Notepad gives the following :
|
| On Error Resume Next
| strFullName = WScript.ScriptFullName
| set filesys = Wscript.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
| WScript.Sleep 1000
| FileSys.DeleteFile ("C:\PROGRA~1\Yahoo!\Common\unyt.exe")
| FileSys.DeleteFolder ("C:\PROGRA~1\Yahoo!\COMPAN~1\Installs\cpn")
| FileSys.DeleteFile strFullName
|
| What is this doing ?
 
Deletes Uninstall Yahoo Toolbar application -
C:\PROGRAM~1\Yahoo!\Common\unyt.exe")
Deletes Yahoo Installs folder - C:\PROGRAM~1\Yahoo!\COMPAN~1\Installs\cpn")
Deletes this Visual Basic script file - strFullName

If these files don't exist, check Add/Remove Programs and see if there is a
reference to Yahoo Toolbar.
If not, I would go check and see if you have C:\Program Files\Yahoo folder.

Yahoo has a habit of leaving remnants around (as does Google Toolbar) when
being uninstalled.
If Yahoo Toolbar was uninstalled , you may also want to check you Internet
Explorer Add-ins and see if any Yahoo Browser Helper Object (BHO) is still
referenced:

1. Open IE
2. Click on Tools | Manage Add-ins...

Look in the list for anything referencing Yahoo.
 
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