computer help..

[thejdcole]

Recently i have noticed a batch file in my C: drive called xmp.bat, i was wondering what it is and if i should be worried about it..

I have tried google, but alas, to no good use.

 

[BallPtPenTheif]

i just googled it and got a bunch of forum topics where people are discussing malware and trojan horses

http://www.google.com/search?q=xmp.bat&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=ie7&rlz=1I7GFRC

it probably has something to do with whatever those smarter people are all talking about. that's usually how i solve all my computer problems.

 

[Liverandbacon]

Well, break it open, give me or one of the other technically-minded members of the forum a PM about its contents. Batch files are easy to read, and that'll help us determine what it's doing there.

^^^
This is definitely what you should do. Without looking at the contents of the file, it's hard to know whether it's harmful or not, as a lot of viruses and malware masquerade as important system processes or harmless files. I haven't tried for a while, but I think you can look at the contents of a .bat file with notepad without it running... anyone know if this is still the case?

 

[Liverandbacon]

Yeah, you can, but I prefer other text editors. Emacs is my flavour of choice.

Yeah, I know there are many far better text editors than notepad. However, notepad is the one that I can be almost completely certain thejdcole has.