BleepingComputer.com: Where are these files coming from??

Hi -
I'm not sure when this started or why - but I'm getting a ton of files in my recycle bin, all of them zero bytes, all
of them named sequentially: "test.file, test_1.file, test_2.file" etc.

Since they are zero bytes, I cannot find any info about them within the file, and there is no file info in 'properties' either.

The files are created daily, sometimes multiple times during the day.
I cannot relate the times to anything on my system, nor can I relate it to any specific application (nothing new except Norton Security Suite installed on 1.6.2011)

The only thing I've been able to find that might be related are 3 'system' folders at C:\ named: "QuiBB2.tmp, QuiBB3.tmp, QuiBB4.tmp" (yes, folders not files)

To make things even stranger, the files only appear in the recycle bins of my network drive (Synology), but the folders are on my local system at C:. I've had my Synology drive for 8 months and this has never happened, so i don't think it's related to the drive.

The only apps I have that begin with "Qui" are "Quicken Deluxe 2011" and Quicktime.

Anyone have any ideas??

Thanks...

In Recycle Bin isn't there an entry in the "Original Location" column? You could also run something like SysInternals' Filemon, setting the filter to test_*.file. That will show the related process. Best if you have some idea when it is likely to occur.

Nanobyte -
Since this is a network drive (at least the way Synology uses shares) the recycle bins aren't really Windows Recycle Bins,
so I can't use Original Location...

However, i have downloaded Procmon and I am attempting to figure it out... it's a long slog...

Thanks...

Can you restore one of the files and then do a search to find the location of the restored file?

Nope - can't do a restore because there is no 'original location'....