setURL?

What is this?

[neh2008]

Hi All,

I have a file (? ) named "seURL" in my temporary internet files directory.

Its not a directory nor a file, I dont know what it is. But when I double click on it, it takes me to google and it says 216.239.37.104 as the IP address of the file origin (or something).

Is there anything to worry about?

Thanks,
Neh

[Clark]

Have you ever used one of those linking strategies? Couldn't find anything out of it but check this out maybe it will help you figure it out

[google.com...]

[neh2008]

I dont know what you mean by that.

Do you mean Guestbooks? I am not sure how that thing came to my computer (seurl), and my problem is " cant remove it".

Please shed some light on it, if u can.

[vincevincevince]

not sure it's any help - but could seURL be "search engine URL"?

and does it have something to do with the toolbar?

[neh2008]

thats what i was thinking too.

I still dont have a clue.

Tx

[jdMorgan]

neh2008,

You might want to run LavaSoft's "Adaware" program and "Spybot Search & Destroy" on your machine. If this SEurl file was created by malware, one or both of those should clean it out. Both are freeware, and easy to find w/a search.

Jim

[Herenvardo]

If you are using Windows, there is a way to find out what a file is:

1. Reboot your computer in MS-DOS mode. If your Win is Me, 2k or newer, you will need to boot from a boot diskete

2. Look for the mysteryous file and rename it to ~seurl. If you ha've not an English keyboard, you must put the ~ by holding Alt and typing 126 in the NumPad.

3. Run windows again, and try to use as much programs and features as you can. If someone tells you that it needs a file called seurl, then you know where it was needed. If not, maybe the file was not needed.

Note that you shouldn't try to rename the file from Windows. If it is a virus or something like this, it could be running and modify itself or, even, re-rename to its previous name. It can also happen that you simply cannot rename nor modify it from Win. Since DOS is single-task environment, you'll have none of these problems.

Note that I'm suposing that you can reboot your computer and that you have boot disketes (do you have them, not?:()

[g1smd]

>> Note that I'm suposing that you can reboot your computer and that you have boot disketes (do you have them, not?:() <<

If you jab the F8 key at startup, you get to the "Boot Menu" that includes the "Boot to DOS" option.

If you install TweakUI (part of the Microsoft KernelToys or PowerToys utilities) you can have the Boot Menu display for a few seconds every time you start or restart the computer.

Sounds like the file is just an "Internet Shortcut" though.