Ver temp files

My computer is filling up with temp files that start with "VER". They are
being generated at about 4 a minute. The size indicates that they are 0, but
apparently they are taking up some kind of space as the more that are
generated, the slower my computer gets. I have checked both Dell Support &
Trend Micro Support. I have tried shutting down - one at a time - everything
that appears in my start up file. I have analyzed my Task Manager Processes &
Services. I have run antivirus with the newest definitions. I have run a
registry clean up. I've gone back to a restore point before I noticed the
problem. This happens whether I am connected to the internet or not. Safe
Mode does not make a difference. I have searched the internet for similar
problems & found one person on About.com having the identical problem, but
there was no solution.

I am running Vista Home Premium on a Dell computer. I use brand name
equipment & software & stay away from shareware & the like.

Does anyone have any ideas?
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Thanks,
Bev

On Mon, 15 Sep 2008 18:46:01 -0700, Bev
<> wrote:

>My computer is filling up with temp files that start with "VER". They are
>being generated at about 4 a minute. The size indicates that they are 0, but
>apparently they are taking up some kind of space as the more that are
>generated, the slower my computer gets. I have checked both Dell Support &
>Trend Micro Support. I have tried shutting down - one at a time - everything
>that appears in my start up file. I have analyzed my Task Manager Processes &
>Services. I have run antivirus with the newest definitions.

How 'bout a malware detection program?

http://www.malwarebytes.org/


>I have run a
>registry clean up. I've gone back to a restore point before I noticed the
>problem. This happens whether I am connected to the internet or not. Safe
>Mode does not make a difference. I have searched the internet for similar
>problems & found one person on About.com having the identical problem, but
>there was no solution.
>
>I am running Vista Home Premium on a Dell computer. I use brand name
>equipment & software & stay away from shareware & the like.
>
>Does anyone have any ideas?

My guess would be you are seeing some problem with your mail or newsgroup
app. I would close those to see if it stops. Reinstalling and/or creating a
new mail/news profile may fix it.

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"Bev" <> wrote in message
news:16DB18A2-26DC-4464-B0F6-...
> My computer is filling up with temp files that start with "VER". They are
> being generated at about 4 a minute. The size indicates that they are 0,
> but
> apparently they are taking up some kind of space as the more that are
> generated, the slower my computer gets. I have checked both Dell Support &
> Trend Micro Support. I have tried shutting down - one at a time -
> everything
> that appears in my start up file. I have analyzed my Task Manager
> Processes &
> Services. I have run antivirus with the newest definitions. I have run a
> registry clean up. I've gone back to a restore point before I noticed the
> problem. This happens whether I am connected to the internet or not. Safe
> Mode does not make a difference. I have searched the internet for similar
> problems & found one person on About.com having the identical problem, but
> there was no solution.
>
> I am running Vista Home Premium on a Dell computer. I use brand name
> equipment & software & stay away from shareware & the like.
>
> Does anyone have any ideas?
> --
> Thanks,
> Bev

I guess I should have specified - when I said anti virus, that also included
malware, trojans, worms, viruses, etc. The resident antivirus - Trend Micro -
along with 2 online programs - came up with nothing.
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Thanks,
Bev


"Paul Montgomery" wrote:

> On Mon, 15 Sep 2008 18:46:01 -0700, Bev
> <> wrote:
>
> >My computer is filling up with temp files that start with "VER". They are
> >being generated at about 4 a minute. The size indicates that they are 0, but
> >apparently they are taking up some kind of space as the more that are
> >generated, the slower my computer gets. I have checked both Dell Support &
> >Trend Micro Support. I have tried shutting down - one at a time - everything
> >that appears in my start up file. I have analyzed my Task Manager Processes &
> >Services. I have run antivirus with the newest definitions.
>
> How 'bout a malware detection program?
>
> http://www.malwarebytes.org/
>
>
> >I have run a
> >registry clean up. I've gone back to a restore point before I noticed the
> >problem. This happens whether I am connected to the internet or not. Safe
> >Mode does not make a difference. I have searched the internet for similar
> >problems & found one person on About.com having the identical problem, but
> >there was no solution.
> >
> >I am running Vista Home Premium on a Dell computer. I use brand name
> >equipment & software & stay away from shareware & the like.
> >
> >Does anyone have any ideas?
>
>

Anne,

All the files start with "VER" & end with ".TMP". each file that is created
has different numbers & letters between such as - ver23e6.tmp, verc652.tmp,
ver442e.tmp, verdb61.tmp, etc.
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Thanks,
Bev


"Anne" wrote:

>
> "Bev" <> wrote in message
> news3558DB5-B1A4-45A1-AD4A-...
> >I guess I should have specified - when I said anti virus, that also
> >included
> > malware, trojans, worms, viruses, etc. The resident antivirus - Trend
> > Micro -
> > along with 2 online programs - came up with nothing.
> > --
> > Thanks,
> > Bev
> >
> >
> > "Paul Montgomery" wrote:
> >
> >> On Mon, 15 Sep 2008 18:46:01 -0700, Bev
> >> <> wrote:
> >>
> >> >My computer is filling up with temp files that start with "VER". They
> >> >are
> >> >being generated at about 4 a minute. The size indicates that they are 0,
> >> >but
> >> >apparently they are taking up some kind of space as the more that are
> >> >generated, the slower my computer gets. I have checked both Dell Support
> >> >&
> >> >Trend Micro Support. I have tried shutting down - one at a time -
> >> >everything
> >> >that appears in my start up file. I have analyzed my Task Manager
> >> >Processes &
> >> >Services. I have run antivirus with the newest definitions.
> >>
> >> How 'bout a malware detection program?
> >>
> >> http://www.malwarebytes.org/
> >>
> >>
> >> >I have run a
> >> >registry clean up. I've gone back to a restore point before I noticed
> >> >the
> >> >problem. This happens whether I am connected to the internet or not.
> >> >Safe
> >> >Mode does not make a difference. I have searched the internet for
> >> >similar
> >> >problems & found one person on About.com having the identical problem,
> >> >but
> >> >there was no solution.
> >> >
> >> >I am running Vista Home Premium on a Dell computer. I use brand name
> >> >equipment & software & stay away from shareware & the like.
> >> >
> >> >Does anyone have any ideas?
> >>
>
>
> > My computer is filling up with temp files that start with "VER".
>
> What is the entire file name?
>
>
>

Mark,

I use Outlook for e-mail. Closing it makes no difference. I do not subscribe
to any news groups on that computer. Creating a new profile makes no
difference.
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Thanks,
Bev


"Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:

> My guess would be you are seeing some problem with your mail or newsgroup
> app. I would close those to see if it stops. Reinstalling and/or creating a
> new mail/news profile may fix it.
>
> --
> Please use the Communities guidelines when posting.
> http://www.microsoft.com/wn3/locales...help_en-us.htm
> Use the "Ratings" feature. It helps the new users.
> Mark L. Ferguson MS-MVP
> https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Mark.Ferguson
>
> "Bev" <> wrote in message
> news:16DB18A2-26DC-4464-B0F6-...
> > My computer is filling up with temp files that start with "VER". They are
> > being generated at about 4 a minute. The size indicates that they are 0,
> > but
> > apparently they are taking up some kind of space as the more that are
> > generated, the slower my computer gets. I have checked both Dell Support &
> > Trend Micro Support. I have tried shutting down - one at a time -
> > everything
> > that appears in my start up file. I have analyzed my Task Manager
> > Processes &
> > Services. I have run antivirus with the newest definitions. I have run a
> > registry clean up. I've gone back to a restore point before I noticed the
> > problem. This happens whether I am connected to the internet or not. Safe
> > Mode does not make a difference. I have searched the internet for similar
> > problems & found one person on About.com having the identical problem, but
> > there was no solution.
> >
> > I am running Vista Home Premium on a Dell computer. I use brand name
> > equipment & software & stay away from shareware & the like.
> >
> > Does anyone have any ideas?
> > --
> > Thanks,
> > Bev
>

There is really not a lot of info. That's why I'm having such a problem
tracking down the cause. The path is C:\users\name\appdata\local\temp.
Properties just shows a 0 byte size, the path I mentioned before, that it can
be opened with Windows Shell Common.DLL, that it is a temp file, & the date &
time created & modified.
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Thanks,
Bev


"Anne" wrote:

>
> "Bev" <> wrote in message
> news:BDE4D39E-1C09-45FF-BC06-...
> > Anne,
> >
> > All the files start with "VER" & end with ".TMP". each file that is
> > created
> > has different numbers & letters between such as - ver23e6.tmp,
> > verc652.tmp,
> > ver442e.tmp, verdb61.tmp, etc.
> > --
> > Thanks,
> > Bev
> >
> Where are they? Their path?
> Are they under windows/temp?
>
> If you right click one and click on Properties, what info
> is presented?
>
>
>

Anne,

I had thought it may be Vista causing it, but I am also running the
identical version of Vista, MS Office, Trend Micro, etc on another computer &
this isn't happening. I completely shut down all programs that were different
between the 2 computers & it made no difference. It has just started within
the last month or so. I say this because there is about 4000 - 5000 files
being created every day. When I first noticed it, there were 64000 of these
files. That would be approximately 15 - 16 days worth. I started checking out
my system because it seemed to be getting slower than usual. I do monthly
maintenance techniques and had never noticed it until now.

I have been working with computers of one kind or another for the last 30
years, but this has really got me bumfuzzled. I'll check out the site you
sent & see what I can figure out.
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Thanks,
Bev


"Anne" wrote:

>
> "Bev" <> wrote in message
> news:575D46A1-A1E4-4CDF-A3E9-...
> > There is really not a lot of info. That's why I'm having such a problem
> > tracking down the cause. The path is C:\users\name\appdata\local\temp.
> > Properties just shows a 0 byte size, the path I mentioned before, that it
> > can
> > be opened with Windows Shell Common.DLL, that it is a temp file, & the
> > date &
> > time created & modified.
> > --
> > Thanks,
> > Bev
>
> Hi Bev,
>
> The first thing I did was to check what was inside my own:
>
> c:\users\name\appdate\local\temp folder
>
> I found lots of weird stuff including 4 445KB .exe files with names
> similar to your ver files.
>
> This clue lead me to believe that Vista, and Vista alone, was responsible
> for your problem, and why all the methods you tried were unsuccessful.
>
> I did a google for "vista appdata folder" and found some stuff, but a lot
> of it was over my head. You may have a better understanding of it all.
>
> The article from USA today
>
> http://www.usatoday.com/tech/columni...02-vista-probl
> ems_N.htm
>
> speaks of Loop-d-loops
>
> something that may possibly be happening to you.
>
> That's about as far as I'm capable of going with very limited tech
> knowledge.
>
> If I were you in this situation, I would go blindly on and try to break
> the loop causing the problem by, once again blindly, moving differnet
> files, or even folders to see if I can fix the problem.
>
> Knowing I can put them back if needed.
>
> Now I'm certain there are more technically astute people on this forum
> than I am.
>
> Perhaps one of you could add more insight into this.
>
> anne
>
>
>

Bev <> wrote:

>Anne,
>
>I had thought it may be Vista causing it, but I am also running the
>identical version of Vista, MS Office, Trend Micro, etc on another computer &
>this isn't happening. I completely shut down all programs that were different
>between the 2 computers & it made no difference. It has just started within
>the last month or so.

Have you taken a good hard look at all the services that are running,
in the hopes of finding something that doesn't look kosher?

>I say this because there is about 4000 - 5000 files
>being created every day. When I first noticed it, there were 64000 of these
>files. That would be approximately 15 - 16 days worth. I started checking out
>my system because it seemed to be getting slower than usual. I do monthly
>maintenance techniques and had never noticed it until now.
>
>I have been working with computers of one kind or another for the last 30
>years, but this has really got me bumfuzzled. I'll check out the site you
>sent & see what I can figure out.

DDW
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