From: jaejunks@nah.meh   
      
   On Tue, 16 Apr 2013 17:06:55 -0700, masonc wrote:   
   > My XP has an Advanced Installer hidden directory on all drives:   
   >    "AI_RecyclerBin"   +h+s   
      
   Seems like it has its own recycle bin? Try checking the service manager to   
   see an entry for Adavanced installer. Then nuke, uh... disable it. Also   
   check for an entry in one of Windows startup category using Microsoft's   
   AutoRuns.   
      
   > I don't know how they got there.  (I have 20 partitions.)   
   > Some contain a lot of bytes, some only have two empty sub-directories.   
   >   
   > I can remove them or rename them one-by-one and have done so on a   
   > few partitions.   
      
   Unless you disable the culprit that made those folders, deleting them one by   
   one would be meaningless since they would likely be created again.   
      
   > Google and Microsoft have references but only to places for   
   > programmers using Advanced Installer.  None that help me.   
      
   Mirosoft never did uses Advanced Installer technology. It's the other way   
   around. Advanced Installer uses Microsoft's technology. Specifically, the   
   Windows Installer.   
      
   > It appears to have originated from a Romanian company,   
   > Caphyon, Ltd.   
   >   
   > (Being paranoid, I suspect it has openings for invasions.)   
   >   
   > Should I get rid of these hidden directories?  ????????   
   > MasonC   
      
   The likely contents of those folders are a duplicate (or partial duplicate)   
   on Windows' Recycle Bin for each drive. If not, then the contents are the   
   deleted data files of the program that was installed using Advanced   
   Installer. Or they're the master installer files or the program's backup   
   files themselves. Worst case is, they are collected files of personal   
   information. Either way, you should check the contents first using a hex   
   viewer/editor.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)