XPost: alt.os.windows2000 
 From: me@privacy.net 
  
 Agreed, for the average user, they might not be able to find these 
 files.  However, I knew of all these files, and the tricks with the 
 system attribute and the INI file.  It remains to be seen why these 
 files need to be marked as system or "secret", as they are junk files 
 for the most part and can be removed and recreated easily. 
  
 -- 
 Best regards, 
 Kyle 
 "Kurt"  wrote in message 
 news:10fgctgfhcnlb31@corp.supernews.com... 
 | 
 | See the link to the article in the reply to the post above. I'm not 
 making 
 | this stuff up! Go see for yourself. 
 | 
 | "Kylesb"  wrote in message 
 | news:2lno6hFelnr2U1@uni-berlin.de... 
 | > which hidden folders are you referring to? The browser cache files 
 are 
 | > readily found, and cleared.  Caching of web pages is a feature of 
 all 
 | > modern web browsing programs, including Mozilla, Opera, Netscape 
 etc. 
 | > Cookie files are also a typical feature of web browsers. 
 | > 
 | > I do agree that the execution of code in response to a click on a 
 URL 
 | > is annoying at best. 
 | > 
 | > -- 
 | > Best regards, 
 | > Kyle 
 | > "Kurt"  wrote in message 
 | > news:10fc15q42ilf1d8@corp.supernews.com... 
 | > | 
 | > | Granted. Macro-viruses, email viruses and any other that a user 
 | > knowingly 
 | > | invites in are their own fault. But a virus that gets in via an 
 RPC 
 | > hole or 
 | > | just by clicking a URL in a browser is totally unacceptable. I'm 
 not 
 | > saying 
 | > | they are all deliberate, but I see Microsoft's policies of 
 storing 
 | > deleted 
 | > | items indefinitely in well hidden folders as good reason to 
 suspect 
 | > that 
 | > | they also have means to access that information (after reading 
 an 
 | > article on 
 | > | where to find them and being astounded at what I found, it took 
 my 
 | > computer 
 | > | over 20 minutes to delete stuff I thought I'd alread deleted). 
 Maybe 
 | > I'm 
 | > | just paranoid, but I still think some of the "holes" may be 
 | > engineered 
 | > | access. 
 | > | 
 | > 
 | 
 | 
  
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