default user and possible virus?

[whatchadoin]

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

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regf? ? @?????              z   t t i n g s \ My Name Here \ n t u s e r . d a t                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    ??????                                                                ?U

fDIRT?                                                                               

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!

[ramesees]

I;ve got this on my computer as well

Its to do with the Java Runtime, version 1.4.0_01 it looks like

[DigitalFreedom]

  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

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regf? ? @??????? ?? ?? ? ? ? ? z ?? t t i n g s \ My Name Here \ n t u s e r . d a t? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?? ??????? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?U

fDIRT?? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ??

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

[thingsforjason]

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)

[whatchadoin]

then why has it only just now appeared?

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regf? ? @?????              z   t t i n g s \ My Name Here \ n t u s e r . d a t                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    ??????                                                                ?U

fDIRT?         

and THAT is okay?? or normal at least???

[DigitalFreedom]

  triliaeris said:

then why has it only just now appeared? 

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regf? ? @??????? ?? ?? ? ? ? ? z ?? t t i n g s \ My Name Here \ n t u s e r . d a t? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?? ??????? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?U

fDIRT?? ? ? ? ?

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

[thingsforjason]

which file are you seeing that in?

just run a virus scan.......

[whatchadoin]

  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

[thingsforjason]

  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.

[whatchadoin]

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?

[thingsforjason]

  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! lol

so, 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

[whatchadoin]

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!!

[thingsforjason]

np :D