Do I have a rootkit in my pc if Firefox 1.5.0.1 doesn't show the cache
folder? I have "show hidden files" unticked. Initial installation of
FF had the cache folder but has since disappeared. No matter what I do
it will NOT appear. Thanx for your input.

shaka

shaka wrote, On 2/22/2006 10:37 AM:
> Do I have a rootkit in my pc if Firefox 1.5.0.1 doesn't show the cache
> folder? I have "show hidden files" unticked. Initial installation of
> FF had the cache folder but has since disappeared. No matter what I do
> it will NOT appear. Thanx for your input.
>
> shaka


Scroll back a few messages in this group - this topic was covered just
yesterday, starting in a post entitled "Why is the cache rooykitted?"
(news://news.mozilla.org:119/CN-dndrY...w@mozilla.org). The
thread was started by "Bill's E-mail" at 6:14am on 2/21/2006.

In short, there's no rootkit. They moved the cache out of the profile
folder.

Ken Wagner wrote, On 2/22/2006 10:54 AM:
> shaka wrote, On 2/22/2006 10:37 AM:
>> Do I have a rootkit in my pc if Firefox 1.5.0.1 doesn't show the cache
>> folder? I have "show hidden files" unticked. Initial installation of
>> FF had the cache folder but has since disappeared. No matter what I
>> do it will NOT appear. Thanx for your input.
>>
>> shaka
>
>
> Scroll back a few messages in this group - this topic was covered just
> yesterday, starting in a post entitled "Why is the cache rooykitted?"
> (news://news.mozilla.org:119/CN-dndrY...w@mozilla.org). The
> thread was started by "Bill's E-mail" at 6:14am on 2/21/2006.
>
> In short, there's no rootkit. They moved the cache out of the profile
> folder.
>

Can't read the thread using the URL I provided... It appears you can see
the whole thing through Google though:
http://groups.google.com/group/mozil...21cc25103d67fd

Ken Wagner wrote:

> shaka wrote, On 2/22/2006 10:37 AM:
>
>>Do I have a rootkit in my pc if Firefox 1.5.0.1 doesn't show the cache
>>folder? I have "show hidden files" unticked. Initial installation of
>>FF had the cache folder but has since disappeared. No matter what I do
>>it will NOT appear. Thanx for your input.
>>
>>shaka
>
>
>
> Scroll back a few messages in this group - this topic was covered just
> yesterday, starting in a post entitled "Why is the cache rooykitted?"
> (news://news.mozilla.org:119/CN-dndrY...w@mozilla.org). The
> thread was started by "Bill's E-mail" at 6:14am on 2/21/2006.
>
> In short, there's no rootkit. They moved the cache out of the profile
> folder.
>
the time that your provided is at your time, mine and everyone else's
would be different.

gwtc wrote, On 2/22/2006 3:32 PM:
> Ken Wagner wrote:
>
>> shaka wrote, On 2/22/2006 10:37 AM:
>>
>>> Do I have a rootkit in my pc if Firefox 1.5.0.1 doesn't show the
>>> cache folder? I have "show hidden files" unticked. Initial
>>> installation of FF had the cache folder but has since disappeared.
>>> No matter what I do it will NOT appear. Thanx for your input.
>>>
>>> shaka
>>
>>
>>
>> Scroll back a few messages in this group - this topic was covered just
>> yesterday, starting in a post entitled "Why is the cache rooykitted?"
>> (news://news.mozilla.org:119/CN-dndrY...w@mozilla.org). The
>> thread was started by "Bill's E-mail" at 6:14am on 2/21/2006.
>>
>> In short, there's no rootkit. They moved the cache out of the profile
>> folder.
>>
> the time that your provided is at your time, mine and everyone else's
> would be different.

Details, details. :-) Thanks for the catch - that thought never crossed
my mind when I posted that. Ahh well, at least I gave the OP a link to
Google where he/she can read the thread.