found strange file in root of c: drive !

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found a strange file like this 2243555.$$$ in the root of c drive
don't know what this is....

os: windows server 2003 enterprise edition

if i del-it reappears after some time...

anyone knows what this is ?

and no... it is not a backup from some program..

 

[C J.]

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| found a strange file like this 2243555.$$$ in the root of c drive
| don't know what this is....
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| os: windows server 2003 enterprise edition
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| if i del-it reappears after some time...
|
| anyone knows what this is ?
|
| and no... it is not a backup from some program..

Sounds like a TEMP file of some kind.
Use Process Exlorer or some other utility to monitor what processes are creating this file.