I did a quick Google search and it looks like iis6.cabis part of the IIS web
server. And the other files look like a virus based on posts on Google. Might
have a virus that uses IIS.
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Keith Smith
On Thursday, December 5, 2013 6:56 PM, Stephen <[email protected]> wrote:
The iis6.cab is probably an installation file for iis6 to be called from setup.
The IBM folder is not MS but IBM drivers and software.
Technically the all can be removed as the i386 folder is installation files so
you don't need a cd or dvd. Personally I wipe and reinstall any oem built
machine for these little "extras" to clean them out and only have what big
want.
On Dec 5, 2013 5:53 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
>Another reason to despise M$ ...
>
>On my wife's win-xp laptop, a huge number of files seem to have showed up
>and I have no idea why or what they are for. Hundreds of them seem to be
>in these sub-directories:
>
>C:\I386\IIS6.CAB
>C:\I386\COMPDATA
>C:\IBMWORK\XPLOCALE
>C:\IBM\WORK\QVIDEO
>
>How can I figure out what they are for and/or if they can just be safely
>deleted (I hope).
>
>On my Linux systems, I know how to capture a list of files, but how can I
>do that (via the command line?) on her win-xp machine so I could post
>them on a web page.
>
>
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