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This is a discussion about strange profile in the Everything New Technology category; hi, i am using a windows 2000 pro computer with computer name as steve recently i found a a steve$ folder under C:\Documents and Settings\ folder of my computer. does anyone know what this is? is my computer being hacked? Thanks.

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hi,
i am using a windows 2000 pro computer with computer name as steve
recently i found a a steve$ folder under C:\Documents and Settings\ folder of my computer.
does anyone know what this is?
is my computer being hacked?
 
Thanks

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There should be a corresponding user with the name steve under that parent folder. In fact all users that have logged onto that machine should have their own sub-folder with their user name. You're positive that the user "Steve" is actually not user "Steve$" ?!?

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there is no user called steve$ in user's list

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i am not using multiple Operating System