Random zero byte file
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"Adobe Reader Speed Launcher"="c:\program files\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Reader\Reader_sl.exe" "Persistence"="c:\windows\system32\igfxpers.exe" "HotKeysCmds"="c:\windows\system32\hkcmd.exe" "IgfxTray"="c:\windows\system32\igfxtray.exe" "QuickTime Task"="c:\program files\QuickTime\QTTask.exe" "WatcherHelper"="c:\program files\Sierra Wireless Inc\3G Watcher\WaHelper.exe" "TRUUpdater"="c:\program files\Sierra Wireless Inc\WebUpdater\TRUUpdater.exe" "Broadcom Wireless Manager UI"="c:\program files\Dell\DW WLAN Card\WLTRAY.exe" "Apoint"="c:\program files\DellTPad\Apoint.exe" "SysTrayApp"="c:\program files\IDT\WDM\sttray.exe" "Communicator"="c:\program files\Microsoft Office Communicator\communicator.exe" "ccApp"="c:\program files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccApp.exe" "Google Update"="c:\users\lbryant\AppData\Local\Google\Update\GoogleUpdate.exe" *Note* empty entries & legit default entries are not shown 16:08 - d-w- c:\program files\SequoiaView 04:57Ĕ247040 -a-w- c:\program files\Windows NT\Accessories\wordpad.exe 04:26đ64864 -a-w- c:\program files\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe 15:49 - d-w- c:\users\lbryant\.thumbnails Running from: c:\users\lbryant\Desktop\ComboFix.exe When I stop the process, the files stop being added, but I am wondering what the process is.ĬomboFix 10-10-18.01 - lbryant 18:14:26.1.2 - x86 I have narrowed it down to a process called M86 Authenticator (authenticat_s.exe). I ran ComboFix and have pasted the log below. I had over 64,000 zero byte files in my TEMP directory when I noticed it. I recently noticed that for the past month my C:\WINDOWS|TEMP directory has been getting new zero-byte files with random names, but somewhat incremental extensions.