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wip files
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. A Google search for wip files reveals that wip = Windows Installer Project, and that these files open with Microsoft Visual Studio Installer. Nothing in my very simple PC uses anything like the Visual Studio. These files total about 9 Giga bytes, and my hard drive is only 11 Gig, so now I'm getting warning messages about pending overload. The files passed through all my Norton anti-virus and firewall protection, and through Ad-aware also. Does anyone know: where these files come from; how such a large amount of data could get into my PC without some kind of indication; what havoc the files will do (forget about system overload) if I do not remove them; how do we prevent such intrusions in the future? Any suggestions will be very much appreciated !!! |
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Have you scanned the system with an updated virus scanner?
If you don't have one, try using the free AVG from http://www.grisoft.com/. If I were you, I would disable the Recycle Bin by right clicking on its icon and then clicking Properties, because those files are probably too large to fit in it. Then I would delete them. Download, install and run these free utilities until the system is clear: Spybot - http://www.safer-networking.org/ Ad-aware - http://www.lavasoftusa.com/ HighjackThis and CWShredder - http://www.spywareinfo.com/ Make sure that they've got the latest updates by running their update features. Go to http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/hijackthis.zip. Download HijackThis! [freeware] Latest version is 1.98. Unzip the Download file in a NEW FOLDER that you can create before you start the download. DO NOT install in your Desktop folder. DO NOT use any of the TEMP folders that are presently in your computer. Double-click the HijackThis.exe file and click on Scan. When the scan is finished, the Scan button will change into a Save Log button. Click: Save Log (doing this generates a hijackthis.log file) Next, HijackThis = Config [button] = Misc Tools [button]. Click: Generate StartupList log [button] (generates a startuplist.txt file) Next, go to this location: http://www.spywareinfo.com/forums/. Sign in, then copy and paste both files in your message. HijackThis Quick Start Help: http://www.tomcoyote.org/hjt/ The Tutorial if you want to know more about the results or the .log file: http://www.merijn.org/htlogtutorial.html Eric, http://www.pcbuyerbeware.co.uk/ http://www.sharedbirthday.co.uk/ -----Original Message----- 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. A Google search for wip files reveals that wip = Windows Installer Project, and that these files open with Microsoft Visual Studio Installer. Nothing in my very simple PC uses anything like the Visual Studio. These files total about 9 Giga bytes, and my hard drive is only 11 Gig, so now I'm getting warning messages about pending overload. The files passed through all my Norton anti-virus and firewall protection, and through Ad-aware also. Does anyone know: where these files come from; how such a large amount of data could get into my PC without some kind of indication; what havoc the files will do (forget about system overload) if I do not remove them; how do we prevent such intrusions in the future? Any suggestions will be very much appreciated !!! . |
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Eric wrote:
If I were you, I would disable the Recycle Bin by right clicking on its icon and then clicking Properties, because those files are probably too large to fit in it. Then I would delete them. Hi, Shift-Delete will bypass the Recycle Bin. MM |
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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 |
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