Unknown File in C drive?

Hello, Everyone, Does anyone know what this file could be, i found it on my C drive, its called the "FOO" file and its 1kb in size, when i try to open it, its states that is an unknown file and it has no Extension on it! How can i find out what this file is for etc? Thanks Tom

 

Hi Tom,

Have you tried opening it with notepad?
And does right-clicking it and choose properties reveal anything?

Regards,

Pieter

 

Hi Pieter, on right clicking and selecting properties it states Size=68 bytes and Size on Disk=400kb and it says it was created on 11-25-02. This is the date this pc was in for repair at HP service in California! Remember ( i think i told you) that i did not have a Safe Mode on this pc, we'll they fixed it so i do now, Do you think that has anything to do with it? There was No option to open in Notepad!

 

Hi Tom,

Do you happen to use Total Commander?

Regards,

Pieter

 

Pieter: No, I dont have that, i heard of it but dont know what it does?

 

Well, it does lots of things, but the one I´m interested in for you is peek into files without altering anything.
I´m moving this thread to Privacy general, where I hope it will get some more attention.

Regards,

Pieter

 

Hi Tomteeth and Peter

You find " open as " extension by highlighting the file first, then press shift down and right click the file.

foo file aye, I think here is the answer:
http://www.linuxprinting.org/pipermail/foomatic-devel/2002q1/000613.html

regards - Ari

 

Krusty, I did download the A3000 all in one printer yestersday, it had some kind of photo imaging tool with it but i did not download that, i figured i could do it later! Do you think this "foo" file is related to this?

 

Hello,

Are you using PHP ?

Maybe your PHP is compiled with FOO support.

Rgds,

 

No, I'm not using PHP either! Thanks

 

is there a reason why this site needs my phone number in order to d/l their program!?

but thx for the link, it's a nifty program =)

 

LowWaterMark: I downloaded Bintext, but am having a problem with Winzip, it would not unzip and here is what it said>> Extracting to "c:\unzipped\bintext\"
Use Path: yes Overlay Files: no
Error: Access is denied.
Cannot create c:\unzipped\bintext(from low water at wilders)\bintext.exe

Interrupted
What do you think could be happening, maybe i stumbled onto a secret Goverment Project!!LOL!!! Tom

 

I added that (from Low water mark) on my own, so i know where i get tips from!

 

LowWaterMark: I just tried to open the "Foo" file using Winzip (alone) and it would not open it either, BUT, it flashed my Netzero Home Page first, before going quickly off the screen! So what do you think? Do you think this is possibly a file connected with Netzero? I use Netzero as a back up to the Internet!

 

Hi Tom,

Let me get this straight. When you tried opening that file with Winzip your browser (IE I presume?) opened (and showed your startpage?) and then the browser Window disappeared again?
Do you have a firewall log you can check to see where that connection went to after Netzero?

Regards,

Pieter

 

Pieter, Yes, thats what happened! I just installed Outpost Firewall the other day, as soon as i got the pc back, I am not that familiar with outpost yet, how do i get to the Log file, i see where to change the Log file settings, do i go in there and what do i look for? And yes i am using IE6 (preinstalled) on my XP home edition!

 

Hi Tom,

I´m not familiar with Outpost either, but I´m sure the experts will jump in.
I would like to rule out that a secret connection to the internet was made (or find out where and why)

Regards,

Pieter

 

I tried to open in Note Pad and it kept saying the file does not exit! Go Figure?