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I just had a directory called 6c6ec45fb105363635bf057c44 appear in my E:\ drive. This is my largest and freest drive. The filename appears to be random hex to avoid conflicts. The directory/file structure is:
./spmsg.dll
./spuninst.exe
./update
./update/update.exe
./update/update.inf
./update/update.url
./update/update.ver
./update/spcustom.dll
./update/eula.txt
./update/KB839645.cat
./asms
./asms/60
./asms/60/msft
./asms/60/msft/windows
./asms/60/msft/windows/common
./asms/60/msft/windows/common/controls
./asms/60/msft/windows/common/controls/comctl32.dll
./asms/60/msft/windows/common/controls/controls.cat
./asms/60/msft/windows/common/controls/controls.man
./pconfig
./pconfig/60
./pconfig/60/comctl
./pconfig/60/comctl/comctl.cat
./pconfig/60/comctl/comctl.man
./download
./download/fldrclnr.dll._p
The whole thing appears to be a silent Windows update, probably associated with the new service pack (several file contain the phrase "service pack" in their descriptions). The whole thing is 1,700,997 bytes and AVG/Ad-Aware don't pick anything up on them. The files and folders have dates ranging from January to July 2004. The update\eula.txt file is a supplementary Microsoft EULA. I've rar'd up the directory to see what happens, if it's a progressive update it might reappear.
Has anyone else got or heard of anything like this? It doesn't appear to be a virus, and my system isn't susceptible to them anyway, but it's very unlike Microsoft to randomly update people's computers without permission, what with new privacy laws and everything. I could sue them for bandwidth, for example. Has anyone got any ideas?
./spmsg.dll
./spuninst.exe
./update
./update/update.exe
./update/update.inf
./update/update.url
./update/update.ver
./update/spcustom.dll
./update/eula.txt
./update/KB839645.cat
./asms
./asms/60
./asms/60/msft
./asms/60/msft/windows
./asms/60/msft/windows/common
./asms/60/msft/windows/common/controls
./asms/60/msft/windows/common/controls/comctl32.dll
./asms/60/msft/windows/common/controls/controls.cat
./asms/60/msft/windows/common/controls/controls.man
./pconfig
./pconfig/60
./pconfig/60/comctl
./pconfig/60/comctl/comctl.cat
./pconfig/60/comctl/comctl.man
./download
./download/fldrclnr.dll._p
The whole thing appears to be a silent Windows update, probably associated with the new service pack (several file contain the phrase "service pack" in their descriptions). The whole thing is 1,700,997 bytes and AVG/Ad-Aware don't pick anything up on them. The files and folders have dates ranging from January to July 2004. The update\eula.txt file is a supplementary Microsoft EULA. I've rar'd up the directory to see what happens, if it's a progressive update it might reappear.
Has anyone else got or heard of anything like this? It doesn't appear to be a virus, and my system isn't susceptible to them anyway, but it's very unlike Microsoft to randomly update people's computers without permission, what with new privacy laws and everything. I could sue them for bandwidth, for example. Has anyone got any ideas?
I'd notice if Microsoft was periodically updating my computer. As I remember it pops up a tooltip every few days, which bugged me severely, and I tuned it off.
Turbonutter wrote:
> it's very unlike Microsoft to randomly update people's computers
> without permission, what with new privacy laws and everything. I
> could sue them for bandwidth, for example. Has anyone got any ideas?
If you have the 'automatic update' button checked it will update it automatically, but it will ask you when you want to install.
> it's very unlike Microsoft to randomly update people's computers
> without permission, what with new privacy laws and everything. I
> could sue them for bandwidth, for example. Has anyone got any ideas?
If you have the 'automatic update' button checked it will update it automatically, but it will ask you when you want to install.
I just had a directory called 6c6ec45fb105363635bf057c44 appear in my E:\ drive. This is my largest and freest drive. The filename appears to be random hex to avoid conflicts. The directory/file structure is:
./spmsg.dll
./spuninst.exe
./update
./update/update.exe
./update/update.inf
./update/update.url
./update/update.ver
./update/spcustom.dll
./update/eula.txt
./update/KB839645.cat
./asms
./asms/60
./asms/60/msft
./asms/60/msft/windows
./asms/60/msft/windows/common
./asms/60/msft/windows/common/controls
./asms/60/msft/windows/common/controls/comctl32.dll
./asms/60/msft/windows/common/controls/controls.cat
./asms/60/msft/windows/common/controls/controls.man
./pconfig
./pconfig/60
./pconfig/60/comctl
./pconfig/60/comctl/comctl.cat
./pconfig/60/comctl/comctl.man
./download
./download/fldrclnr.dll._p
The whole thing appears to be a silent Windows update, probably associated with the new service pack (several file contain the phrase "service pack" in their descriptions). The whole thing is 1,700,997 bytes and AVG/Ad-Aware don't pick anything up on them. The files and folders have dates ranging from January to July 2004. The update\eula.txt file is a supplementary Microsoft EULA. I've rar'd up the directory to see what happens, if it's a progressive update it might reappear.
Has anyone else got or heard of anything like this? It doesn't appear to be a virus, and my system isn't susceptible to them anyway, but it's very unlike Microsoft to randomly update people's computers without permission, what with new privacy laws and everything. I could sue them for bandwidth, for example. Has anyone got any ideas?
./spmsg.dll
./spuninst.exe
./update
./update/update.exe
./update/update.inf
./update/update.url
./update/update.ver
./update/spcustom.dll
./update/eula.txt
./update/KB839645.cat
./asms
./asms/60
./asms/60/msft
./asms/60/msft/windows
./asms/60/msft/windows/common
./asms/60/msft/windows/common/controls
./asms/60/msft/windows/common/controls/comctl32.dll
./asms/60/msft/windows/common/controls/controls.cat
./asms/60/msft/windows/common/controls/controls.man
./pconfig
./pconfig/60
./pconfig/60/comctl
./pconfig/60/comctl/comctl.cat
./pconfig/60/comctl/comctl.man
./download
./download/fldrclnr.dll._p
The whole thing appears to be a silent Windows update, probably associated with the new service pack (several file contain the phrase "service pack" in their descriptions). The whole thing is 1,700,997 bytes and AVG/Ad-Aware don't pick anything up on them. The files and folders have dates ranging from January to July 2004. The update\eula.txt file is a supplementary Microsoft EULA. I've rar'd up the directory to see what happens, if it's a progressive update it might reappear.
Has anyone else got or heard of anything like this? It doesn't appear to be a virus, and my system isn't susceptible to them anyway, but it's very unlike Microsoft to randomly update people's computers without permission, what with new privacy laws and everything. I could sue them for bandwidth, for example. Has anyone got any ideas?