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Universal Naming Convention

Discussion in 'Windows XP' started by flashh4, 2006/04/30.

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    flashh4

    flashh4 Inactive Thread Starter

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    Howdy, from what i have read the Universal Naming Convention is the way XP sets up its files. So does anyone remember the old 8.3 naming convention if so what would this file change to >>>> C:\windows\system32\hnjyvfqs.exe.ugq

    Thanks
     
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    PeteC

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    hnjyvfqs.exe.ugq is not a standard file by any means - note the two '.'

    Most likely you have a virus or trojan aboard so I suggest you do an online virus scan at Housecall - accessible through Quicklinks in my signature and then download HijackThis via the same route, save it to a folder on your hard drive - not to the desktop or a temporary location, run a scan in Safe Mode and post the log here.
     
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    flashh4

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    note the two <<< What did you mean here Pete ???
    Do you have any reading on tne old 8.3 or can you explain it ???

    No virus just doing some reading to understand it !!
    Thanks !!
     
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    Thanks for the reading Pete, one more Q. If this was a virus what/how would you locate it !!
    Thank ya much for the info !!
     
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    PeteC

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    As I posted - post #2

    I assume you have antivirus software up and running and a firewall?
     
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    flashh4--
    You could also try the more detailed procedure here
    http://www.windowsbbs.com/showthread.php?t=37074
    I do not know how fast you will get a response to your HiJackThis log, but the other cleaning steps may already have taken care of the problem.
    Do you have a program called Spyware Begone on your PC?
     
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    flashh4

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    Thanks Jim but i am not infected i have lots of protection but what i am trying to learn is as stated above! the line was C:\windows\system32\hnjyvfqs.exe which had been changed renamed C:\windows\system32\hnjyvfqs.exe.ugq ......... which started with C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\hnjyvf~1.EXE or C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\hnjyvf~1.DAT These are just examples just wanting to try & figure out whats going on for my own knowledge about the old 8.3

    Thanks for all the help guys !!!!! I repeat i am not infected !!!!!!!! Just looking for info, Reading Petes link now !!
     
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    Just for fun

    Don't know if there's any file name convention in windows. For example, one can name files as extralongfilename.old.testingtoday without a cough from the OS. Of course there's a file type convention.
     
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    flashh4

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    Thanks Sparrow thats valuable info for me in learning this11 I will keep that in my special folder for info 8.3
    Appreciated Thanks !!
     
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    Welcome :D

    File type is where the rubber meets the road. See explorer.exe > tools > folder options > file types.
     
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    To clarify, UNC = Universal or Uniform Naming Convention = a standardized way (format used) for paths (locating) on a LAN (Local Area Network). It's how resources on a lan are located. A resource can also be a network printer or other device.

    example:
    \\computer1\shared docs\financial\sales\salesmen\j_doe\2006\03\stats.xxx

    File Naming:

    Windows NT (includes XP)
    Windows NT file naming conventions apply to both files and directories. For simplicity, the term "file naming" is often used to refer to both files and directories. Although Windows NT file names are case-aware, they are not case-sensitive. This means you can save a file named MyBook.doc and the file name will be displayed in the correct case. However, you can't save a file called mybook.doc to the same directory.

    Both NTFS and FAT support long file names—up to 255 characters. You can name files using just about any of the available characters, including spaces. However, there are some characters you can't use. They include:
    ? * / \ : ; < >

    DOS 8.3
    permitted filenames of the form ABCDEFGH.XXX (that is, up to 8 characters, followed by a period, followed by up to 3 more).

    ABCDEFGHIJKL.XXX becomes ABCDEF~1.XXX
    more info:
    http://kb.iu.edu/data/acyu.html

    Windows files are not limited to containing a single “.” followed by a three-letter extension. A filename like “cool_picture.jpg.exe” is perfectly legal. Generally more than one period in a file name is not used but can be done with no real side effects except for maybe the file being flagged as potentially malicious by an antivirus program. This is because some programs, when reading the file name will stop reading just after the first period in the name. If an email client or instant messenger application does this and then tries to automatically open "what it thinks" is a jpg image, the exe (possible virus) will run.

    Technically, a file does not need any suffix or extension at all (.xxx) unless one wants Windows to associate the file type with a certain program which will always open it or execute it.
     
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