Is it just me or...

From: Alan Price (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 07/14/04 

Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2004 17:04:57 -0700

I believe that your problem was that you were not logged
on as that specific user. Windows most liekly made those
files hidden at the system level. If you try to navigate
to Content.IE5 through clicking on the various folders,
you should be able to see it in your name, but nobody
else's. To remedy this, try clicking Tools on the menu
bar, then Folder Options. On the View tab, scoll down a
little and uncheck "Hide protected operating system
files". You should be able to see Content.IE5. BE
CAREFUL! Unchecking this box will allow you to see ALL
files on the hard drvie (except those in C:\System Volume
Information). If you accidentaly delete something
important, you could have a serious problem. Also, make
sure Symantec is not set to exclude any folders. Viruses
will sometimes be captured with the System Restore
sanpshot and then stored in C:\System Volume Information.
Symantec excludes this folder, but I recommend that you
make sure it is scanned to remove and viruses in hiding.
I hope this helps!

>-----Original Message-----
>Hey there, I work for the IT department of a busy UK
>port. On running the symantec anti virus program, I
>noticed on some machines it was taking over an hour to do
>what is a generally a 15 minute task. On further
>investigation I found that there were a lot of TXT files
>in the tempory internet files area. So, as you would, I
>preceeded to run the delete tempory internet files option
>in Internet Options. This got rid of all VISIBLE un-
needed
>tempory internet files. So i ran the virus check again.
>Same problem it was taking over an hour to complete. So
i
>went directly into the temp int files section for this
>particular user. Still, i found nothing out of the
>ordinary, until i specified using settings in the virus
>checker which directories to check. I then found that,
in
>the virus checking software, it was showing a directory
>(and sub directories) that was not visible (even after
>specifying that i want to see all hidden and system
files)
>to me in 'my computer' when investigating this particular
>users temp int files directory. After atleast half an
>hour of clicking options i gave up and tried to
physically
>type the name of the directory in the my computer search
>bar. LO-AND-BEHOLD i was then able to see the directory
>and all its sub directories. this is how i accessed the
>directory...
>
>I navigated to:-
>
>C:\documents and settings\[main users username]\local
>settings\tempory internet files\CONTENT.IE5
>
>the last bit of the directory name is the invisible bit
>(ie content.ie5) try it on your comp, it existed on my
>comp also.
>
>In the case of the users comp i was investigating, the
>size of this content.ie5 directory was 'unlimited' and
was
>unaffected by the delete tempory internet files option in
>internet options. Now is this an inbuilt feature of
>windows or is it a previously undiscovered exploit that
is
>being exploited on mass??
>
>I also noticed that on the sending of the files to the
>recycle bin, there were around 40 viruses found within
them
>
>any more info then please dont hold back get in touch!!!
>.
>

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