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Can you computer genius's help me?? Kysta

  Author:  30986  Category:(Discussion) Created:(5/27/2003 5:46:00 PM)
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This stupid file named "~" (no name, just the squiggly line) keeps popping up on my desktop. I delete it.. empty the recycle bin and in a couple days it's back again.

How do I get rid of it for good and what the heck is it??

I have done a virus scan nothing shows up and it does nothing that I know of but irritate me because it WILL NOT go away. I've tried opening it and only thing that opens is a file with a bunch of gibberish.

Help please....

Kysta

Ok, the name of the file won't post in usm... it's the squiggly line beside the 1 and ! key in the top left.

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Date: 5/27/2003 5:56:00 PM  From Authorid: 19092    That's a little present I sent you so you'd think of me....  
Date: 5/27/2003 6:04:00 PM  From Authorid: 10722    I don't specialize in squigglies...need more info :P  
Date: 5/27/2003 6:06:00 PM  From Authorid: 49689    I think she means a Tildes "~"  
Date: 5/27/2003 6:15:00 PM  From Authorid: 22852    Wow, are you calling me a Genius? Are am so flattered..LOL, sorry kiddo, I can not help you on this one.  
Date: 5/27/2003 6:16:00 PM  From Authorid: 47699    KC, are you sending out the tilde virus again? LOL!  
Date: 5/27/2003 6:19:00 PM  From Authorid: 19092    LOL@Frank...  
Date: 5/27/2003 6:19:00 PM  From Authorid: 31765    I'd download and run Ad Aware. It sounds like something hijacked you. Ad-Aware 6.0 removes adbots that can install onto your system and do stuff like that. It's a free program and works very well. Run a search and you should be able to find it.  
Date: 5/27/2003 6:20:00 PM  From Authorid: 37101    Have you been consistently saving files lately after working on them? -  
Date: 5/27/2003 6:21:00 PM  From Authorid: 31765    P.S. My system was running really slow, and I updated the program I mentioned, and ran it. It found 146 adbots on my system and cleaned them. The computer began running normally again after that. LOL...I sound like a commercial but this program really does work.  
Date: 5/27/2003 6:36:00 PM  ( From Author ) From Authorid: 30986    Sorry guys, had to restart my computer and the kids had a little minor crisis over the remote in kaylee's room. KC, you can have it back, LOL!!  
Date: 5/27/2003 6:37:00 PM  ( From Author ) From Authorid: 30986    yeah, what pyriel says, a tidle...  
Date: 5/27/2003 6:38:00 PM  ( From Author ) From Authorid: 30986    Highjacked??? Ok, I'm gonna freak....  
Date: 5/27/2003 6:39:00 PM  ( From Author ) From Authorid: 30986    Lady pheonix, my computer is really slow too.. I need to do that.  
Date: 5/27/2003 6:45:00 PM  From Authorid: 31765    yeah....by highjacked, what I mean is, there are websites that install stuff without your consent. I HATE that...and even with my firewall and norton's and all my other paranoid software I use to keep my puter running <LOL> this still happened. Some sites install diallers, some their own search bar <directly onto Explorer>. It's a real pain, but Ad Aware seems to have fixed the problems I had. I hope it helps you out and solves that problem. Also, I had an application that was trying to run every time I rebooted. It failed in launching and always gave me this error box. YAY!! Ad Aware fixed that too...so hopefully it'll get rid of that thing you have too.  
Date: 5/27/2003 7:02:00 PM  ( From Author ) From Authorid: 30986    I did the adware thingy and it found 8 keyloggers/dataminers.. what ever they are. They are gone now, I hope that helps. Thank everyone!!
  
Date: 5/27/2003 7:09:00 PM  From Authorid: 49689    A keylogger is a small program that runs in the background and records every keystroke performed on your comp..Some are capable of recording all of your e-mails as well...They can be set to either save all of the info in a text document for later investigation or be set to e-mail the info off to a recipient at a predertimned time..They are normally used by an untrusting spouse or a private investigator,to get dirt on people....  
Date: 5/27/2003 9:27:00 PM  From Authorid: 37872    Which operating system are you using?  
Date: 5/29/2003 7:36:00 AM  ( From Author ) From Authorid: 30986    Them being named hotbar confused me because I unistalled them like MONTHS ago.  
Date: 5/29/2003 7:36:00 AM  ( From Author ) From Authorid: 30986    glad they are gone then, Pyriel. I think I got them from Hotbar because that is what the files were named. and one was named alex. Oh, and I'm using Windows ME.  

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