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wfv folders - what are they ?

  • 11-06-2003 10:56AM
    #1
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 97,532 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    On an NT4 / Exchange 5.5 server there are now 1048 folders in the winnt folder (wfv10 ... wfv1167) - They seem to be either empty or have exchng3.cab - part of the exchange client (pre outlook thing)

    Just out of curiousity & so I can avoid other products of the offending company again (IMHO 1048 spurious folders on the system drive IS a denial of service attack )

    I think it's to do with network associates antivirus (which has been removed because they did not fix their management agent and upgrade problems before they doubled the renewal price...)


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  • #2
    ColinM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 622 ✭✭✭ColinM


    That sounded familiar as soon as I read your description there.
    Have a look at this: http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/230308.htm
    "When performing a virus scan with Backup Exec for Windows NT and Windows 2000, \wfv directories are created in the system directory with incrementing numbers."


  • #3
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 97,532 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Yeah that fits the bill

    (only strange thing is we use arcserve ... - go figure !)


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