Is the filename "~" only, from a virus?

[Shawn S.]

This filename "~" only shows up on a few systems.
Using notepad to view file, it has the email addresses
from Outlook Express Address book.

Does anybody know what is creating this filename?

 

[Jocelyn Fiorello [MVP - Outlook]]

Not a virus, but a known issue -- see
http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/problems/bugs.htm#~file for more info.

For future reference, please note that this newsgroup is for support of
Outlook 97/98/2000/2002/2003 from the Office suite of products. Outlook
Express is actually a separate program despite the similar name.

For help with your OE questions, try an OE newsgroup such as
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress (for OE 6), or an
OE help website such as http://insideOE.tomsterdam.com.

If you're accessing the Microsoft newsgroups through the MS Product Support
Services "Community Newsgroups" web interface, click
http://communities.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.asp?icp=InternetExplorer
to get to the Internet Explorer groups, then click the plus sign next to
your version of IE to see the link to the Outlook Express group for that
version number. Good luck!

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Jocelyn Fiorello
MVP - Outlook

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