"c:~" file

Bitstring <40867053$0$13116$65c69314@mercury.nildram.net>, from the
wonderful person Chris Forecast <chris_ng1.RemoveThis@-nospam-chrisforecast.co.uk>
said
>I've just noticed a file has been created (this morning) in the root
>directory of my C: drive, called:
>
>c:\~
>
>with no file extension. The file is around 300k, and when viewed in a hex
>editor seems to contain some address book details - so seems a bit
>suspicious.
>
>I've deleted the file, run NAV2004, Adware6, and SpyBot S&D (all updated
>versions) but they find nothing.
>
>Does anybody know where this file might have come from?
>
>Sadly searching on "c:\~" is not very helpful
>
>(Using W98SE)

It's a well known bug in Outhouse Express. It's a copy of the WAB. To
discover more, google (groups) for 'tilde on desktop' (although it can
show up other places too .. however the desktop one tends to get
noticed).

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"Chris Forecast" <chris_ng1 DeleteThis @-nospam-chrisforecast.co.uk> wrote in message
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> I've just noticed a file has been created (this morning) in the root
> directory of my C: drive, called:
>
> c:\~
>
> Does anybody know where this file might have come from?

Thanks very much for the responses. As suggested it does indeed appear to
just be a backup of the address book. That's a relief!

Thanks

Chris
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