Ayosha, you'll have to install a sniffer to get to the bottom of this...
otherwise, to save yourself aggravation and time lost to investigate, just
simply reformat and start over...
I'd investigate to see why this is so first b4 reformatting as experiences
like this is invaluable for future reference!
Please do post and share your results if you can...
R Green
Technical Support
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"ayosha" <> wrote in message
news:Xns93E595486D499ayoshak@63.218.45.20...
> Hi,
> Am I being hacked?
> Large files (100Mb+) keep on appearing on one of my partitions
> and I cannot find why, how and by what program.
> These are some of the names:
> H:\d_err.001
> H:\d_err.002
> H:\C.wa1.err
> H:\TestD.wav
> I use H: for temp files only as it is beyond 8Gb barrier and
> Norton will not service it.
> They wouldn't open with anything, not even the wav file.
> In text editor it is just a mess.
> I have an old P100 with Win95a updated, which runs 24/7 dialup
> internet connection behind ZoneAlarm 2.6, DNSkong and
> Proxomitron (the last two are recent addition but didn't stop
> those files from reapearing).
> The machine is used for Internet and private administration.
> I don't run grafics nor sound software on it as it is too slow.
> Have another XP for that purpose.
> Run AdAware and SpyBot, nothing dangerous found.
> Initially I saved some ot those files on CDRs because I did't
> know what to do but now I just delete them. It looks like no
> harm is done, but what worries me is the possibility that
> somebody is using my system while I am sleeping.
> Currently, only I have access to the system.
> Any help will be appreciated.
> Thanks
> ayosha
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