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Re: [Full-Disclosure] found suspicious desktop.ini in startup folders

From: Andrew <aburns@premtech.com>
Date: Tue Aug 24 2004 - 10:55:59 EDT

I actually switched to a OS X PDC and had the same problem when
establishing a user's intial login with a windows XP workstation rather
than a windows 2k workstation.
It was just a file XP put into the users' profile, and as the knowledge
base said, just delete it from the profile on your server should fix
the problem. If I recall correctly the reason it shows up is the
differences in how the desktop is handled in roaming profiles between
WinXP and Win2k. The company I work for is very small, and so I'm not
positive on the differences for win2k3

Andrew

On Aug 24, 2004, at 3:35 AM, Nick FitzGerald wrote:

> BillyBobKnob wrote:
>
>> Does anyone know if this file is used in an exploit since it was
>> found in
>> startup folders ?
>
> Does it "come back" following a restart, or a logout/login cycle, after
> you delete it??
>
>> The contents of the file are:
>>
>> [.ShellClassInfo]
>> LocalizedResourceName=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-21787
>
> This KnowledgeBase article mentions precisely these file contents:
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=330132
>
> but gives no indication of what may cause its appearance on your
> system. The suggested "fix" is simply deletion...
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Nick FitzGerald
>
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