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What are etilqs files?
I keep getting messages about etilqs files such as following:
C:\Users\ccc\AppData\Local\Temp\etilqs_oF0FH4tamunzfdY
The portion after the underscore changes each time. My AV keeps asking me if it is a good file or not as obviously it isn't sure. Just what kind of file is this and what would its use be? Is this a system file or a malware of some sort?
C:\Users\ccc\AppData\Local\Temp\etilqs_oF0FH4tamunzfdY
The portion after the underscore changes each time. My AV keeps asking me if it is a good file or not as obviously it isn't sure. Just what kind of file is this and what would its use be? Is this a system file or a malware of some sort?
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The SQLite website is helpful. It is open source code used in many other programs, mostly legitimate applications that we all use. Since it seems to be used by many multinational companies, these temp files will probably have to be something we have to
live with. But there shouldn't be a problem with deleting them with the rest of our temporary files, and we probably have been all along without even realizing it.
www.sqlite.com
Here is their own list of recognized users: http://www.sqlite.org/famous.html
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These files, as I have been looking, seem to be some sort of hidden system file. If they had been part of some installation why would the name after the underscore keep changing?
FWIW, these files are generated by a program using the SQLite database engine. The etilqs in etilqs_oF0FH4tamunzfdY is lower case SQLite spelled backwards. The rest of the filename are simply randomly selected letters and numbers that
attempt to create a unique file name that will not conflict with any previously named file on your system.