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Old September 5th 04, 01:18 AM
Me
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Can anyone tell me what C:\WINDOWS\Temporary Internet
Files\Content.IE5 folder is specifically used for? I know
Temporary Internet Files contains cookies. I got the
following virus: C:\WINDOWS\Temporary Internet
Files\Content.IE5\EFUKV81H\HP1[1].CHM=/hp1.htm Infected
VBS.Trojan.Psyme.W - I could not disinfect, quarantine,
delete or rename it through bitdefender professional v
7.2. I couldn't find it individually with a search, so I
had to delete all the files in the folder through explorer
I was wondering just exactly what i deleted. It looked
like mostly a lot pictures, but i wanted to know a little
more about what was in there. Me
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Old September 5th 04, 01:36 AM
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The Temporary Internet Files (TIF) do not contain your cookies, by default
these are located in C:\Windows\Cookies but appear in your TIF when viewed
using Windows Explorer due to a little bit of "Windows Magic".

The Temporary Internet Files are just that, temporary files downloaded
when browsing the net such as the files that make up each web page you
view. The folder is also used to contain temporary files used by Outlook
Express when viewing messages and also Help & Support. These latter files
cannot be viewed using Windows Explorer. To "see" them you would need to
use the DIR command from a DOS prompt.

The TIF stores its files in folders each having an eight character
randomly generated name. These folders are generated four at a time and
each set of four folders is usually limited to a total of 50MB of files.
These folders are sub-folders of the Content.IE5 folder. The space
allocated to the TIF together with its location is controlled using the
Control Panel applet Internet Options. On the General tab you will find a
button labelled Settings using which you can relocate your TIF and also
adjust the space allocated to the folders. You will also find there a
second button and perhaps a third button depending on the version of
Internet Explorer you are using. Using those buttons you can delete both
the contents of the TIF and also your cookies. When deleting the contents
I would advise you to check the box to Delete all Offline content as this
will then also delete the temporary files created by say Outlook Express.

I am surprised your AV application could not delete a file in the TIF.
Most can do so. Perhaps it was running at the time in which case you
could have rebooted to Safe Mode and then scanned again.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



Me wrote:

Can anyone tell me what C:\WINDOWS\Temporary Internet
Files\Content.IE5 folder is specifically used for? I know
Temporary Internet Files contains cookies. I got the
following virus: C:\WINDOWS\Temporary Internet
Files\Content.IE5\EFUKV81H\HP1[1].CHM=/hp1.htm Infected
VBS.Trojan.Psyme.W - I could not disinfect, quarantine,
delete or rename it through bitdefender professional v
7.2. I couldn't find it individually with a search, so I
had to delete all the files in the folder through explorer
I was wondering just exactly what i deleted. It looked
like mostly a lot pictures, but i wanted to know a little
more about what was in there. Me


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Old September 6th 04, 01:08 PM
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My Content.IE5 folder contains about forty separate
folders with thousands of files in each. When i use the
Control Panel applet Internet Options to delete temporary
internet files it does not go into these folders and
delete any of them. Is it supposed to? Should i do this
manually or leave it alone? I do not use Outlook Express.
Me
 




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