re: No File Created Date & Worse.
Saturday, December 6, 2003 at 5:09 am
Windows Me Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by worm
(792 messages posted)
Hi Cindi,
Neither of the two files you've mentioned are shipped with Windows ME or any other
version of Windows for that matter. They appear to be related to Sun Microsystems
Java though and in particular with Java fonts. In any event, they're not spyware
of a virus.
Did you install any Java based fonts prior to the time you discovered these file
date anomalies?
Somehow or other though, I don't think this is anything to be concerned about since
both DLL files are legimate.
You could perhaps check for other DLL files with odd dates though.
First of all, double click the My Computer icon, click the word "Tools" and choose
Folder Options from the menu. Click the "View" tab and in the list, checkmark the
little circle where it says "Show Hidden Files & Folder" and remove the checkmark
from "Hide file extensions for known file types". Click Apply/OK.
Next, go to Find/Files & Folders and underneath the "Search Now" button, checkmark
the option "Date". In the menu that appears, choose "Files created" from the dropdown
menu. From the dropdown menus below that, change the "between" date to tomorrow's
date from the calendar (otherwise you'll get all the files that Windows is using
today) and the "and" field, highlight the year and then either type 2067 or use the
Up Arrow key to scroll (if you can't see the dropdown arrows, place the cursor on
the divider between the two windows until you see a double headed arrow and then
click and hold down the left mouse button while you drag the divider to the right).
You don't have to fill in anything in the "Search" field.
When you get the results, click the "Views" icon (in the middle towards the right)
above the Address field and from the dropdown menu, choose "Details".
But as I say, I don't think it's anything to be concerned about.
On Friday, December 5, 2003 at 11:44 pm, Cindi wrote:
>Here's 3 of the files that show no date in the properties "created:" section....kernel32.dll,
>msgsrv32.exe, and spool32.exe. Two files that show dates as Friday, Aug 19, 2067
>are....fontmanager.dll and JavaWevStart.dll.
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