\\advantage.msn.co.uk\downloads

message from QuarkBomb on 9 Jun 2004
Hi all,

I have just looked in my Network Places and found a link to
\\advantage.msn.co.uk\downloads
An apparent NetBIOS share on a machine clearly NOT on my network!
Opening it actually works! It is an empty folder, but no errors so I can
only assume that a connection is made, although Netstat does not sure a
connection. There is no entry in my hosts file for this address.

Can anyone suggest how this may have appeared? Or what it is used for?

Thanks,
QB
 

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