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Windows Vista Strange folders appearing in "Documents" folders

Discussion in 'Legacy Windows' started by Dlowrence, 2008/04/04.

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    Dlowrence

    Dlowrence Inactive Thread Starter

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    I am getting up to 150 folders created every day in my "Documents" Folder.
    They have strange Cyrillic type tiles (rubbish) and they are empty
    I thought I had a virus, but deep scans produce nothing (AVG)

    I cannot link them to any new software Installed.

    Is there a way of finding out what is creating them?
     
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    Steve R Jones

    Steve R Jones SuperGeek Staff

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    Do the "date created/modified" date n time ring any bells?

    Are you able to delete the folders?
    If so, are they recreated right after deletion?
     
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    Dlowrence

    Dlowrence Inactive Thread Starter

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    I can delete them - they appear again after 24 hours or so. If I dont delete them - another lot appear the next day etc.
     
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    Dlowrence

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    Oh the date/time doesn't ring any bells, and each fresh batch is created at the same time. (but not the same time every day!)
     
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    Steve R Jones

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    Being Hacked by a Trojan sure comes to mind...Might scan the heck out of the machine.
     
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