Suspecious of file: ALG.EXE-0F138680.pf NOT located in Sustem32 fi

After a recent up date I found a file ALG.EXE-0F138680.pf located in
C:\Windows\ and NOT in C:\Windows\System32\ file. According to Zone Alarm
ALG.EXE files should be in \System32\. Can anyone tell me if this is a
legitiamte file or a problem? --
Wulff

Norm Wulff wrote:

After a recent up date I found a file ALG.EXE-0F138680.pf located in
C:\Windows\ and NOT in C:\Windows\System32\ file. According to Zone
Alarm
ALG.EXE files should be in \System32\. Can anyone tell me if this is
a legitiamte file or a problem? --
Wulff

Are you sure you didn't find it in the Prefetch folder? *.pf is a
Prefetch file, which is legitimate.

The files in the Prefetch folder are data files related to enhancing the
speed at which applications start. Windows XP Professional monitors the
files that are used when the computer starts and when you start
applications. By monitoring these files, Windows XP Professional can
prefetch them. Prefetching data is the process whereby data that is
expected to be requested is read ahead into the cache. Prefetching boot
files and applications decreases the time needed to start Windows XP
Professional and start applications.

Malke
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