LW says I'm sharing a larger number of files than are in my shared docs folder
 

Hello,
I just d/l LW Basic ed a few days ago. I have a Cable connection and Windows XP. LW says I'm sharing 270 files, but there are only 70 files in my library. I checked the other folders on my C:/, but they're all marked as "private." So what are the other 100 files that I'm sharing without my knowledge??
Much appreciated!

:-(
 

I tried that and it said I was sharing a folder called "Shared" but that folder doesn't exist in the place it claims it does. But I marked it as "remove from share list" anyway. But the number of shared files didn't change. ???? Any other suggestions? Probably a stupid question, but could some songs count as more than one file??
I have another question. Everytime I use LW, spyware gets d/l onto my computer and I get bombarded with popup ads when on the internet and my homepage was changed. I don't have as many problems on Netscape as Internet Explorer though. I have a program that can delete the spyware, but is there a program that can prevent it from being d/l in the first place? What about a firewall? I have Norton's Firewall but I haven't installed it yet. If I did install it would I be able to share files on LW still?
Thanks again!!

Thanks!
 

Wow I didn't consider a virus as the culprit. Thanks for the advice--I'll definitely install that Firewall and do the full system scan on my laptop.
My desktop PC has that Firewall and there are always messages popping up that say an application is trying to access the internet---it's really annoying!
Have a good one!

Re: LW says I'm sharing a larger number of files than are in my shared docs folder
 

Probably you have "invisible" folders, i.e. folders hidden to your Windows Explorer. Try changing the Folder options so that it will display also hidden files and directories, and system files.
You should see then these files and folders with a "ghosted" icon.
Look at their file attributes: you may see "hidden"...

Note that if some folders are marked with "system", the content you see in the Explorer may be distinct of what is really on the disk. "System" folders in Windows mean that their content list is accessible thorugh a special interface code that will enumerate or hide the inernal files (these files may be physically located elsewhere.) Some examples of such directories that are listed with a special "Browser helper" DLL are the Internet Explorer cache directories (Temporary Internet Files), and the user's "Application Settings", and "Local Settings" in which your temp folder is typically stored.

If you share all your user's home directory, in fact you are sharing the actual content of these hidden folders too, not necessarily the files that the Windows Explorer lets you see.

Some virus or spamwares are known to remap some folders using their own "browser helper DLLs", so that you won't see where they store the data they collect on you and cache locally. Most anti-spamwares tools will detect and help remove these undesirable "helpers" that monitor your usage on the local PC, even when you are not connected on the Internet.

Virii do the same by masquerading some Explorer DLLs that are copied into a new hidden system folder, and they sometimes masquerade the identity of the system DLL they have replaced, to show their normal name, size and date or even their content; in fact the DLL was effectively replaced by the Explorer modified with these helpers will not let you see that.