What is SWSTAMP.TXT? donotreply[ at ]invalid.zetnet.co.uk (norm) 11/9/2008 12:13:26 PM Hi, Noticed this file SWSTAMP.TXT in C: Can anyone tell me anything about it? file reads as SOFTWARE STAMP: ---------------- Fri 04/04/2008 08:20 AM 06276 ---------------- Fri 04/11/2008 07:48 AM 06666 Thanks

Re: What is SWSTAMP.TXT? "Don Phillipson" <e925[ at ]SPAMBLOCK.ncf.ca> 11/9/2008 1:00:15 PM "norm" <donotreply[ at ]invalid.zetnet.co.uk> wrote in message news:4916d2e3.1689484[ at ]news.zetnet.co.uk... [Quoted Text] > Noticed this file SWSTAMP.TXT in C: > Can anyone tell me anything about it? 1. You have completed step #1 viz. inspecting file contents (easy when it is a TXT file.) 2. Step #2 is to rename it and reboot. Any file call to SWSTAMP.TXT will fail (file not found) and the error message may indicate what process called this file. 2b. For this purpose, it helps always to rename with prefix x -- here xSWSTAMP.TXT. Then if we need to rename a file correctly we just look for the x. 3. Step #3 = delete and forget it. -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada)

Re: What is SWSTAMP.TXT? "Twayne" <nobody[ at ]devnull.spamcop.net> 11/9/2008 5:03:13 PM [Quoted Text] > Hi, > > Noticed this file SWSTAMP.TXT in C: > Can anyone tell me anything about it? > file reads as > > SOFTWARE STAMP: > ---------------- > Fri 04/04/2008 > 08:20 AM > 06276 > ---------------- > Fri 04/11/2008 > 07:48 AM > 06666 > > > Thanks That name shows up all over Google, especially on EBAY and hijacckThis logs. The logs I looked at were all German language though so I couldn't tell a lot about what they were about. And in stamp collection circles too but just as SWSTAMP and without the txt. There is even a SWSTAMP.com web site. Since it's a text file, open it with Notepad (only, so nothing in it can "fire") and see what it says. It might tell you what it is. Oh, and make a note of its Create Date. Also look at its Properties and see if there is any info there. Sometimes there is. Rename it and restart as someone else suggested is a good suggestion. Then see if the file came back! If it did, it's either malware or some program you have that creates it. Check immediately and in a few days to see if it comes back on its own. There are ways to track down what created it, so if that happens, or if something breakes when you remove it, come back with details; someone will assist, I'm sure. But first run your updated AV scans and every spyware/malware detector you have. They might just locate sometihng. I would guess it's either a configuration file or a status file for something. No virus sie seems to know about it, so it's either new or not a virus. HTH Twayne

Re: What is SWSTAMP.TXT? donotreply[ at ]invalid.zetnet.co.uk (norm) 11/11/2008 11:55:43 AM On Sun, 09 Nov 2008 12:13:26 GMT, donotreply[ at ]invalid.zetnet.co.uk (norm) wrote: [Quoted Text] >Hi, > > Noticed this file SWSTAMP.TXT in C: >Can anyone tell me anything about it? >file reads as > >SOFTWARE STAMP: >---------------- >Fri 04/04/2008 >08:20 AM >06276 >---------------- >Fri 04/11/2008 >07:48 AM >06666 > > >Thanks Thanks for replies. I had done malware scan and a google, but nothing. Have renamed it as suggested. It is a new Toshiba laptop with XP prfessional. The file modified date is before I purchased the laptop! Norm

Re: What is SWSTAMP.TXT? VanguardLH <V[ at ]nguard.LH> 11/11/2008 11:53:30 PM norm wrote: [Quoted Text] > Hi, > > Noticed this file SWSTAMP.TXT in C: > Can anyone tell me anything about it? > file reads as > > SOFTWARE STAMP: > ---------------- > Fri 04/04/2008 > 08:20 AM > 06276 > ---------------- > Fri 04/11/2008 > 07:48 AM > 06666 > > Thanks If you delete the file and it shows up again, use FileMon from SysInternals (now owned by Microsoft) to see what process is writing that file. Filter on the swstamp.txt file (whether it currently exists or not). Then periodically check while FileMon is running to see what recreates that file.