Wierd File Name showing up all over in my pc

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Dave Marden

For some reason I have a file named AA88DD18-E0DE-4935-8969-E689E2B5EDED
that is showing up all over the place in my pc, but I scan it with Computer
Associates EZ Antivirus and it doesn't show up as containing any virus's. I
have scanned my entire hard drive and it finds no virus's. I have searched
for every instance of this file and I have 5756 instances of this file in
total. I first noticed it right after upgrading from Windows XP Home to
Windows XP MCE. I have searched for this file name in Google but it pull up
nothing.

I felt that security would be a good place to start looking for the answer
to this, if it would be better directed in another room please let me know.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Dave Marden
 
I have opened one of these files in notepad and the contents are as follows.

+|Customize.csproj|C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
..NET\FrameworkSDK\Samples\QuickStart\aspplus\samples\vstudio\webforms\customize\cs\Customize.csproj
+|Customize.csproj.webinfo|C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
..NET\FrameworkSDK\Samples\QuickStart\aspplus\samples\vstudio\webforms\customize\cs\Customize.csproj.webinfo
+|Customize.sln|C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
..NET\FrameworkSDK\Samples\QuickStart\aspplus\samples\vstudio\webforms\customize\cs\Customize.sln
+|datalist1.aspx|C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
..NET\FrameworkSDK\Samples\QuickStart\aspplus\samples\vstudio\webforms\customize\cs\datalist1.aspx
+|datalist1.aspx.cs|C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
..NET\FrameworkSDK\Samples\QuickStart\aspplus\samples\vstudio\webforms\customize\cs\datalist1.aspx.cs
+|datalist2.aspx|C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
..NET\FrameworkSDK\Samples\QuickStart\aspplus\samples\vstudio\webforms\customize\cs\datalist2.aspx
+|datalist2.aspx.cs|C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
..NET\FrameworkSDK\Samples\QuickStart\aspplus\samples\vstudio\webforms\customize\cs\datalist2.aspx.cs
+|datalist3.aspx|C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
..NET\FrameworkSDK\Samples\QuickStart\aspplus\samples\vstudio\webforms\customize\cs\datalist3.aspx
+|datalist3.aspx.cs|C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
..NET\FrameworkSDK\Samples\QuickStart\aspplus\samples\vstudio\webforms\customize\cs\datalist3.aspx.cs
+|datalist4.aspx|C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
..NET\FrameworkSDK\Samples\QuickStart\aspplus\samples\vstudio\webforms\customize\cs\datalist4.aspx
+|datalist4.aspx.cs|C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
..NET\FrameworkSDK\Samples\QuickStart\aspplus\samples\vstudio\webforms\customize\cs\datalist4.aspx.cs
+|datalist5.aspx|C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
..NET\FrameworkSDK\Samples\QuickStart\aspplus\samples\vstudio\webforms\customize\cs\datalist5.aspx
+|datalist5.aspx.cs|C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
..NET\FrameworkSDK\Samples\QuickStart\aspplus\samples\vstudio\webforms\customize\cs\datalist5.aspx.cs
+|datalist6.aspx|C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
..NET\FrameworkSDK\Samples\QuickStart\aspplus\samples\vstudio\webforms\customize\cs\datalist6.aspx
+|datalist6.aspx.cs|C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
..NET\FrameworkSDK\Samples\QuickStart\aspplus\samples\vstudio\webforms\customize\cs\datalist6.aspx.cs
+|datalist7.aspx|C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
..NET\FrameworkSDK\Samples\QuickStart\aspplus\samples\vstudio\webforms\customize\cs\datalist7.aspx
+|datalist7.aspx.cs|C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
..NET\FrameworkSDK\Samples\QuickStart\aspplus\samples\vstudio\webforms\customize\cs\datalist7.aspx.cs
+|datalist8.aspx|C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
..NET\FrameworkSDK\Samples\QuickStart\aspplus\samples\vstudio\webforms\customize\cs\datalist8.aspx
+|datalist8.aspx.cs|C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
..NET\FrameworkSDK\Samples\QuickStart\aspplus\samples\vstudio\webforms\customize\cs\datalist8.aspx.cs
+|makefile|C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
..NET\FrameworkSDK\Samples\QuickStart\aspplus\samples\vstudio\webforms\customize\cs\makefile
+|purchase.aspx|C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
..NET\FrameworkSDK\Samples\QuickStart\aspplus\samples\vstudio\webforms\customize\cs\purchase.aspx
+|purchase.aspx.cs|C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
..NET\FrameworkSDK\Samples\QuickStart\aspplus\samples\vstudio\webforms\customize\cs\purchase.aspx.cs
+|style1.aspx|C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
..NET\FrameworkSDK\Samples\QuickStart\aspplus\samples\vstudio\webforms\customize\cs\style1.aspx
+|style1.aspx.cs|C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
..NET\FrameworkSDK\Samples\QuickStart\aspplus\samples\vstudio\webforms\customize\cs\style1.aspx.cs
+|style2.aspx|C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
..NET\FrameworkSDK\Samples\QuickStart\aspplus\samples\vstudio\webforms\customize\cs\style2.aspx
+|style2.aspx.cs|C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
..NET\FrameworkSDK\Samples\QuickStart\aspplus\samples\vstudio\webforms\customize\cs\style2.aspx.cs
+|style3.aspx|C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
..NET\FrameworkSDK\Samples\QuickStart\aspplus\samples\vstudio\webforms\customize\cs\style3.aspx
+|style3.aspx.cs|C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
..NET\FrameworkSDK\Samples\QuickStart\aspplus\samples\vstudio\webforms\customize\cs\style3.aspx.cs
+|style4.aspx|C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
..NET\FrameworkSDK\Samples\QuickStart\aspplus\samples\vstudio\webforms\customize\cs\style4.aspx
+|style4.aspx.cs|C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
..NET\FrameworkSDK\Samples\QuickStart\aspplus\samples\vstudio\webforms\customize\cs\style4.aspx.cs
+|style5.aspx|C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
..NET\FrameworkSDK\Samples\QuickStart\aspplus\samples\vstudio\webforms\customize\cs\style5.aspx
+|style5.aspx.cs|C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
..NET\FrameworkSDK\Samples\QuickStart\aspplus\samples\vstudio\webforms\customize\cs\style5.aspx.cs
+|style6.aspx|C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
..NET\FrameworkSDK\Samples\QuickStart\aspplus\samples\vstudio\webforms\customize\cs\style6.aspx
+|style6.aspx.cs|C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
..NET\FrameworkSDK\Samples\QuickStart\aspplus\samples\vstudio\webforms\customize\cs\style6.aspx.cs
+|style7.aspx|C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
..NET\FrameworkSDK\Samples\QuickStart\aspplus\samples\vstudio\webforms\customize\cs\style7.aspx
+|style7.aspx.cs|C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
..NET\FrameworkSDK\Samples\QuickStart\aspplus\samples\vstudio\webforms\customize\cs\style7.aspx.cs
+|style8.aspx|C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
..NET\FrameworkSDK\Samples\QuickStart\aspplus\samples\vstudio\webforms\customize\cs\style8.aspx
+|style8.aspx.cs|C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
..NET\FrameworkSDK\Samples\QuickStart\aspplus\samples\vstudio\webforms\customize\cs\style8.aspx.cs
+|style9.aspx|C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
..NET\FrameworkSDK\Samples\QuickStart\aspplus\samples\vstudio\webforms\customize\cs\style9.aspx
+|style9.aspx.cs|C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
..NET\FrameworkSDK\Samples\QuickStart\aspplus\samples\vstudio\webforms\customize\cs\style9.aspx.cs
+|Web.config|C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
..NET\FrameworkSDK\Samples\QuickStart\aspplus\samples\vstudio\webforms\customize\cs\Web.config


This doesn't look scary to me but what are they?

Dave Marden
 
From: "Dave Marden" <[email protected]>

| For some reason I have a file named AA88DD18-E0DE-4935-8969-E689E2B5EDED
| that is showing up all over the place in my pc, but I scan it with Computer
| Associates EZ Antivirus and it doesn't show up as containing any virus's. I
| have scanned my entire hard drive and it finds no virus's. I have searched
| for every instance of this file and I have 5756 instances of this file in
| total. I first noticed it right after upgrading from Windows XP Home to
| Windows XP MCE. I have searched for this file name in Google but it pull up
| nothing.
|
| I felt that security would be a good place to start looking for the answer
| to this, if it would be better directed in another room please let me know.
|
| Any help would be greatly appreciated.
|
| Thanks,
| Dave Marden
|


Please submit a sample to Virus Total --
http://www.virustotal.com/flash/index_en.html
The submission will then be tested against many different AV vendor's scanners.
That will give you an idea what it is and who recognizes it. In addition, unless told
otherwise, Virus Total will provide the sample to all participating vendors.

You can also submit a suspect, one at a time, via the following email URL...
mailto:[email protected]?subject=SCAN

When you get the report, please post back the exact results.
 
Looks like a CLSID without the accolades. { }

No extension?

How big are they?

Can you open them with Notepad?

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In
 
The File sizes are mostly 4kb, but some are 8k, 12k, and 16k. I have posted
a sample which I opened in notepad in my 2nd posting. I do in fact have
visual studio installed, but I don't see any reason it would have put this
file all over in my pc. Most directories have this file. This file doesn't
have any extension and I have no idea on how I could have possibly put this
file on the pc myself especially recently as I have not been even doing any
programming with Visual Studio.

Any help greatly appreciated,
Dave Marden
 
See David H. Lipman's post in this thread.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In
 
Make sure you don't have some sort of spyware. Try downloading a legitimate
spyware scanner (e.g. Spybot or Ad-Aware) and scanning your computer.
 
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