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Name: icelc
Date: June 19, 2007 at 19:58:30 Pacific
Subject: Unknown files in winnt\system32\con
OS: window NT4
CPU/Ram: Pentium 4, 512 Mb
Model/Manufacturer: HP
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Hi,

I have some unknown files being generated and stored in C:\WINNT\system32\config
-REG00142.LOG
-REG00143
-USE00141

Does anyone knows what it is? They don't appear to be text files and the files range from few MBs to tens of MBs. Thanks



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Response Number 1
Name: brighteyes
Date: June 20, 2007 at 04:38:32 Pacific
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Response Number 2
Name: icelc
Date: June 20, 2007 at 19:05:23 Pacific
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Hi Brighteyes,

Most of the search results from google link to files related to \windows\ie7\ directory.

Any corelation to my case?


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Response Number 3
Name: Jennifer SUMN
Date: June 21, 2007 at 07:24:49 Pacific
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What is the content of the log file?

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Response Number 4
Name: icelc
Date: June 21, 2007 at 18:30:03 Pacific
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The content of the file as shown below:

C:\WINNT\system32\config>type REG00153.log
regf0+{R9”Ý :\winnt\system32\config\REG00153x4+5DIRT=˜˜

C:\WINNT\system32\config>type use00152
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