It's a bug in 330994 (and 331923 before it).
If you rename that file and give it a wab extension you will discover, much to
your amazement that it is a backup copy of your Address Book.
Due to a rather minor glitch in the update to Outlook Express it is creating the
file in the wrong location and to add insult to injury it is not even giving it
the proper name. The file is created whenever you edit the Address Book and then
close the program you were using (Outlook Express or any other program that uses
your Address Book).
There are three avenues of attack open to you.
1) Delete it
2) Ignore it (not my favorite but it might work for you)
3) R-click the file, choose "Properties" and place a check in "Hidden" then
"Apply". This will only work if your system is not set to show hidden files and
depends entirely on the theory that "What you don't see, won't bother you". It
also has the benefit of still keeping a current backup of your Address Book on
the system.
Before you ask: Yes, Microsoft is aware of the problem and they are currently
trying to fit a solution into the schedule.
--
George (Bindar Dundat)
This information is provided "AS IS"
It may even be wrong!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/articles/spam.asp
| I keep getting a shortcut on my desktop that doesn't seem
| to do anything. The name underneath is simply a tilde
| symbol. I have deleted it several times but it still
| comes back, sometimes the next day and sometimes a week or
| so later. What on earth is it and what does it do? Does
| anybody out there know?
