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~ file. What is this?
Name: RodgerFoxtrot Date: December 21, 2003 at 21:38:51 Pacific OS: Windows ME CPU/Ram: P3 600/512
Comment:
What is this file that keeps appearing in My Computer, occasionally the Desktop, which is simply named " ~ "?
The properties give no file type and the latest is 178kb in size. It seems to happen when I've been online. Am using IE6 with latest updates.
If I open it with Word, in between all the gobbledegook I can see it appears to be a segmented list of my outgoing e-mails, can't read any messages but all the addresses are listed.
Is it some artifact of Windows/the browser that I don't need to worry about, and just delete, or is it suspicious?
Name: Dog Date: December 21, 2003 at 23:13:41 Pacific
Reply:
It is safe to delete it. You will probably find another 'tilde' file in your root directory. It is a Micro$oft glitch that happens everytime your Outlook Express address book is updated. Look at it as a friend (?) because if you see it there and you haven't updated you adresses then someone else has.
HTH Dog
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Response Number 2
Name: Brummie Date: December 22, 2003 at 16:54:34 Pacific
Reply:
For further information the"~" is a tilde and is used in Spanish over the letter "n" to indicate the sound "ny". Adios!
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