gxxdgrief wrote:

On Fri, Aug 13, 2004, 9 large (1024 MB) .wip files
somehow got into my Win 98 system from the internet
through my 56 kbps dialup connection.


Hi,

I don't think you downloaded them through a 56K modem. Just one would
have taken many, many hours. It is impossible that you would not have
noticed it, and 9 files that humongous would have taken days to
download, even if your dial-up was connected 24/7.

So, they were either installed via a CD/DVD, or were created by a
program(good or bad)on your system. Although, it is hard to imagine a
program that would create such massive files and be considered "good".

Delete them(shift-delete to bypass the recycle bin), only good can come
from removing them.

MM