About this tag
The 'mysterious' tag on WindowsForum.com covers user discussions about unexplained occurrences in computing, such as a folder with three dots as its name appearing on an external drive and showing an impossible size of 53 TB. Other threads touch on eerie or creepy themes, including a user's roommate who believes his computer is being remotely accessed because the command prompt says 'host,' and a story about Sony hiring private investigators after a mysterious hacker breached its networks. These posts reflect common user concerns about strange system behavior, potential security issues, and the need for troubleshooting guidance.
  1. whoosh

    ART Creepy

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    • alley cinematic creepy darkness eerie figures film noir gothic gothicmakeup graffiti haunted horror makeup mysterious night scene shadows two figures uncanny urban
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    • Forum: The Water Cooler
  2. FireMarshalBill69

    Mysterious folder with only three dots for name!

    There is a folder on the root of my external drive with three dots as the name which suddenly appeared mysteriously on my external drive this morning. This folder is on the root of my external drive, E:. I don't want t delete it unless I know its contents. I tried to move it and it said it was...
  3. Explodey

    Windows XP Can you unknowingly be a server?

    I recently moved into a new place; it's a roommate situation, and our wifi is in my roommate's name. But my roommate has been threatening to change things so that only he has access to the wifi, and then I'll have to make some other arrangements if I want internet. This is because he's...
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    • access control assurance command prompt concerns files firewall home network host mac users mysterious network security remote access roommate server settings troubleshooting user experience wifi windows 8.1 windows xp
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Windows Security
  4. reghakr

    Sony hires private dicks

    Sam Spade to investigate Sony has gone all film noire and hired a bunch of private dicks to sort out its security woes. Apparently the offices of Guidance Software and Data Forte, were approached by a broad who said they worked for one of the largest hardware companies in the world...
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    • cybersecurity data breach data forte film noir guidance software hackers hacking hardware insider threats investigation media mysterious network organizational security personal data private investigator sam spade security sony tech news
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: The Water Cooler