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FORKED directory

Post by Dale Harris » Tue Apr 19, 2005 10:35 pm

I just got an email from someone who says, "Whenever I run the POS program a FORKED directory keeps on installing itself onto my secondary hardrive. The file is just gibberish. I would just like to know what the heck is going on?"

This is not something that the POS program is designed to do.

Has this happened to anyone else?
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Post by Andrew » Tue Apr 19, 2005 10:59 pm

I've not seen this Dale, it could be a system file, or perhaps something more sinister, and it's a co-incidence it appears when DHPOS is run.

I suggest they update/scan for viruses and spyware.
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Post by ChrisKraus » Wed Apr 20, 2005 1:34 pm

I think i've seen this too, I keep DHPOS on my D drive (D:/DHPOS), but i have this "Forked" folder on my C drive.
Go figure.

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Post by Dale Harris » Wed Apr 20, 2005 5:26 pm

My error. The POS program does use a FORKED directory under some conditions but it is so rarely used that I forgot all about it.

Man, this thing has way too many features.
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