What is SPSS file extension.

[The Old Fart]

I found a file with a SPSS file extension on a drive. How can I find
out just what is it?

 

[John]

I found a file with a SPSS file extension on a drive. How can I find
out just what is it?

SPSS file extension
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[The Old Fart]

SPSS file extension
http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&q=SPSS+file+extension&btnG=Search&meta=

If this SPSS is about data mining then its obviously something that one
doesn't want on there PC. I have an up to date run of both Anti virus
& Spyware programs ever day & noting has been detected. How would these
files be created unless something was downloaded onto my machine & how
does one ensure that whatever created these files isn't still there?

 

[John]

The Old Fart wrote:
I have an up to date run of both Anti virus

& Spyware programs ever day & noting has been detected. How would these
files be created unless something was downloaded onto my machine & how
does one ensure that whatever created these files isn't still there?

What have you run?

 

[Dr. Dos]

The Old Fart wrote:
I have an up to date run of both Anti virus

What have you run?



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Here is info on the SPSS program and company:

http://www.spss.com/corpinfo/faqs.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPSS

Seems that ".spss" might be a file extension of the spss
program and company.

I do not know whether anti-virus, ad defeat and spy
detection softwares look for or delete .spss files.

What you can do?
Scrub your drive with the file manager search function.
Run Find in the registry editor and remove .spss references
after doing a backup of the keys involved.
Clean out your temporary internet files, temp files, cookie
files (and use the IE Tools Options utilities for cookies,
temp internet files, etc to delete them). Run the
Msconfig.exe utility and disable the program and services
that might be using .spss extension.


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[The Old Fart]

Here is info on the SPSS program and company:

Seems that ".spss" might be a file extension of the spss program and
company.

I do not know whether anti-virus, ad defeat and spy detection softwares
look for or delete .spss files.

What you can do?
Scrub your drive with the file manager search function.
Run Find in the registry editor and remove .spss references after doing
a backup of the keys involved.
Clean out your temporary internet files, temp files, cookie files (and
use the IE Tools Options utilities for cookies, temp internet files, etc
to delete them). Run the Msconfig.exe utility and disable the program
and services that might be using .spss extension.


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I have run both Ad-Aware & Spybot Search & Destroy. I can try doing
what you suggested to remove the files from my PC. But it would be nice
to know how they got there in the first place & how to prevent them from
reoccurring.