sqlite files and key loggers

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My PC runs Windows XP. This weekend my PC rebooted itself while I was surfing the Net. When it came back up my antivirus program immediately caught a virus which it quarantined. As a precaution, I deleted all my temporary files and restored my register from a month ago and rebooted.

All seems to be going well. I have one concern. There are files in my WindowsTemp folder that start with sqlite_ with a bunch of garbled letters and numbers. That is one indication that there may be a key logger present. Are there any software viewers that will allow me to open those sqlite files so I can see what is really going on inside those files?

I don’t want to be concerned about sqlite files that may be used the by OS but I don’t want a key logger on my PC either. Any suggestions?

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Have you run full A/V and anti-malware scans, such as Ad-aware, Spybot, Windows Defender?

Joe

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By all means, Joe’s question is first priority. BUT, under all circumstances that I’m aware of, you should be able to delete anything in the windowstemp folder. Whether the system (or something else!) has that blocked is yet to be answered.

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By all means, Joe’s question is first priority. BUT, under all circumstances that I’m aware of, you should be able to delete anything in the windowstemp folder. Whether the system (or something else!) has that blocked is yet to be answered.

Good points. I did run a full antivirus scan and it did not catch anything else. I failed to run an ad ware scan which I will do next. Hopefully that will keep things clean.

I wasn’t able to delete everything in windowstemp. There was a sqlite file that was under some program’s control. I had to go into safe mode to delete everything.

Thank you.

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Good points. I did run a full antivirus scan and it did not catch anything else. I failed to run an ad ware scan which I will do next. Hopefully that will keep things clean.

I wasn’t able to delete everything in windowstemp. There was a sqlite file that was under some program’s control. I had to go into safe mode to delete everything.

Thank you.

Download and install a copy of UNLOCKER

It will be available on the right click drop down. Probably one of the best progs around to get rid of those “undeletable” files.

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Download and install a copy of UNLOCKER

It will be available on the right click drop down. Probably one of the best progs around to get rid of those “undeletable” files.

Thanks Bob. I’ll look into it. Sounds like a handy program to have.

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As a precaution, I deleted all my temporary files and restored my register from a month ago and rebooted.

Why did you do this “restored my register from a month ago”?

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Why did you do this “restored my register from a month ago”?

Probably me being overly cautious. I just didn’t know how long ago any virus settings may have updated my registry. I did have to catch up on my Windows and browsers updates since any register updates would no longer be there.

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