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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