Mystery Folder

[powyco]

In my list of folders in OE is one called Challenge. I have deleted it many times, but whenever I log in to read my emails it's back. There is nothing in it. I should add that my PC is very 'clean', and I update my antivirus program every day, I also have Spybot and Adaware, plus a firewall. Has anyone any idea what this folder is, and how to delete it once and for all ? I run Windows XP.

[kempie]

Sounds like the kind of folder that may be used by a spam filter.

[Ethel]

Have you got ZoneAlarm?

[powyco]

I've checked your suggestions, but can't find any reference to the wretched thing in Spamcop, or my Windows firewall. I don't think it's doing any harm, but it gets on my nerves. I've never tried Zone Alarm.

[Ethel]

I am sure this is where your email checker, whichever you use, puts the emails it finds containing suspect viruses

[wildwood]

If you use MailFrontier, it is the folder that contains the mail that your program has 'challenged'. When you delete it, everytime you start your computer the program recognises that there is no challenge folder and puts in a new one.

[powyco]

I don't use Mailfrontier. I've recently started using Spamcop, and it's still learning. However, it has its own folders for definite spam and one it calls Unsure. All I can think of doing now is just emailing all the stuff I use to keep the PC clean, like AVG, Spamcop, Spybot and Adaware. I know from experience that emailing Microsoft doesn't ever help much.Oddly, though I have the same programs on my laptop the Challenge thing never appears.

[puzzlesRus]

The CHALLENGE folder is a feature of the SonicWall anti-spam software system.

Suggest you do a search on your pc for sonic, to see what this brings up.

[powyco]

I don't have the Sonic system. I used the Search feature, then looked in the registry. No sign of it. The mystery deepens !

[puzzlesRus]

Have you tried searching the Registry for CHALLENGE ?

[powyco]

I found it in the Registry, deleted it, but it's back again today.

[puzzlesRus]

Then the software executable must still be in your system. If you search the registry again, you should find the relevant exe file. You could also try CTRL+ALT+DELETE to get into Task Manager, to see if the mysterious application is showing in applications or processes.