whatchadoin Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 okay, i was trying to get onto my desktop through my parent's desktop. I went through My Computer, C, then Documents and Settings. Well, then i see Default User. It's a hidden file. I've never seen it before at all! So I think, well, it's probably nothing, but then, I go into my folders and and i see ntuser.dat. Well, 1 is a .Dat file and the other is a text document. When I open the text document, this is what I see Quote regf? ? @????? z t t i n g s \ My Name Here \ n t u s e r . d a t ?????? ?UfDIRT? Only, where it says my name here, it's actually my name. It's like this with my sister's log on, and my parents. I also see something called ".plugin140_01.trace" what in the world is a .trace file?? please help! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/62214-default-user-and-possible-virus/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramesees Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 I;ve got this on my computer as well Its to do with the Java Runtime, version 1.4.0_01 it looks like Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/62214-default-user-and-possible-virus/#findComment-632136 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigitalFreedom Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 triliaeris said: okay, i was trying to get onto my desktop through my parent's desktop. I went through My Computer, C, then Documents and Settings. Well, then i see Default User. It's a hidden file. I've never seen it before at all! So I think, well, it's probably nothing, but then, I go into my folders and and i see ntuser.dat. Well, 1 is a .Dat file and the other is a text document. When I open the text document, this is what I see Quote regf? ? @??????? ?? ?? ? ? ? ? z ?? t t i n g s \ My Name Here \ n t u s e r . d a t? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?? ??????? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?UfDIRT?? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?? Only, where it says my name here, it's actually my name. It's like this with my sister's log on, and my parents. I also see something called ".plugin140_01.trace" what in the world is a .trace file?? please help! nothing to worry, its :Dat windows:Dses for, setting up new users and where i keeps your settings "wallpaper, vs, colers oin use, recently used files, etc" don't del thous files, or you won't be able to login, as it also contains info about and for the log in screen :D i helped :D Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/62214-default-user-and-possible-virus/#findComment-632138 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thingsforjason Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 default user isn't anything special (not really anyway) it just holds the settings for a new user. each user has that ntuser.dat file; i think it has the specific settings for eacher user (background, color schemes, fonts, etc...) if you think you have a virus, do a virus scan. :) http://housecall.antivirus.com (free online scanenr) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/62214-default-user-and-possible-virus/#findComment-632141 Share on other sites More sharing options...
whatchadoin Posted January 29, 2003 Author Share Posted January 29, 2003 then why has it only just now appeared? Quote regf? ? @????? z t t i n g s \ My Name Here \ n t u s e r . d a t ?????? ?UfDIRT? and THAT is okay?? or normal at least??? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/62214-default-user-and-possible-virus/#findComment-632144 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigitalFreedom Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 triliaeris said: then why has it only just now appeared? Quote regf? ? @??????? ?? ?? ? ? ? ? z ?? t t i n g s \ My Name Here \ n t u s e r . d a t? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?? ??????? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?UfDIRT?? ? ? ? ? and THAT is okay?? or normal at least??? it basicly your reg, and the reg changes all the time, and if your asking about the file, it was there since you installed xp, you probbly didn't notice it before, maybe because you had the setting for hidden folders and files un checked till now, btw it is normal Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/62214-default-user-and-possible-virus/#findComment-632150 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thingsforjason Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 which file are you seeing that in? just run a virus scan....... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/62214-default-user-and-possible-virus/#findComment-632151 Share on other sites More sharing options...
whatchadoin Posted January 29, 2003 Author Share Posted January 29, 2003 thingsforjason said: which file are you seeing that in?just run a virus scan....... My Computer\ C:\\Documents and Settings\Jessica it's called ntuser.dat, and it's a text file and i'm going to, that's what i'm doing as i type Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/62214-default-user-and-possible-virus/#findComment-632165 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thingsforjason Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 triliaeris said: thingsforjason said: which file are you seeing that in?just run a virus scan....... My Computer\ C:\\Documents and Settings\Jessica it's called ntuser.dat, and it's a text file and i'm going to, that's what i'm doing as i type it's not really a text file. it's a .dat file. you can just open it up in notepad (just like you can open up pretty much anything in notepad, it just doesn't always make sense). and it's always there. you probably haven't seen it before cause it's hidden. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/62214-default-user-and-possible-virus/#findComment-632173 Share on other sites More sharing options...
whatchadoin Posted January 29, 2003 Author Share Posted January 29, 2003 so i must have changed the settings so i could see hidden files, but i'm not for sure how i would have done that! lol so, how can i change it back, so i CAN'T view hidden files? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/62214-default-user-and-possible-virus/#findComment-632180 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thingsforjason Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 triliaeris said: so i must have changed the settings so i could see hidden files, but i'm not for sure how i would have done that! lolso, how can i change it back, so i CAN'T view hidden files? in XP....from any folder... go to Tools | Folder Options | View Tab | Do not show hidden files and folders Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/62214-default-user-and-possible-virus/#findComment-632194 Share on other sites More sharing options...
whatchadoin Posted January 29, 2003 Author Share Posted January 29, 2003 hmm..lol..it's a good thing neowin is here, or i would have just started deleting things left and right! thanks thingsforjason! thanks everyone else also!! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/62214-default-user-and-possible-virus/#findComment-632202 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thingsforjason Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 np :D Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/62214-default-user-and-possible-virus/#findComment-632208 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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