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giordi - 28 May 2008 07:55 GMT

Ciao,
in my notebook XPprofessional sp2,
I have recently observed a locked file in c/windows/temp with the name
"hlktmp" (without extension).
Sometime it has a size of 0kb and sometimes 8Mb..
According the program Unlocker it should be related to the System process (?).
Do you have any idea about it? Is it a normal system file or not? Scans with
both F-secure and "Spybot search & destroy" do not find any malware..
Thank you in advance for your help

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Pegasus (MVP) - 28 May 2008 10:53 GMT

> Ciao,
> in my notebook XPprofessional sp2,
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
> both F-secure and "Spybot search & destroy" do not find any malware..
> Thank you in advance for your help

It could be related to your virus scanner/firewall/antispyware. You could
temporarily disable any or all of these with msconfig.exe and see if the
file is still there and locked after a reboot.

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Terry R. - 28 May 2008 14:43 GMT

The date and time was 5/27/2008 11:55 PM, and on a whim, giordi pounded
out on the keyboard:

> Ciao,
> in my notebook XPprofessional sp2,
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
> both F-secure and "Spybot search & destroy" do not find any malware..
> Thank you in advance for your help

Hi Giordi,

I think this may explain the file:
http://www.siteadvisor.pl/sites/plaxis.nl/downloads/6051586/

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