~ FILE

[DJONES]

~ FILE KEEPS POPPING UP NO MATTER WHAT I DO. MY SYSTEM
IS UP TO DATE FOR VIRUS PROTECTION. I ALSO KEEP GETTING
A MIME FILE IS MISSING, THEN WINDOWS WANT ME TO DEBUG. I
HAVE NO IDEA WHATS GOING ON. CAN YOU HELP

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

The tilde (~) is a result of this patch:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/downloads/critical/330994/default.asp
The file is created when certain changes are made to your address
book.
The files can be safely deleted.
A search of Google shows many having the same harmless but possibly
annoying issue.

My understanding is that Microsoft is aware of the issue.