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ADS Spy v1.11
Freeware
Win2k / WinNT / WinXP
Win2k / WinNT / WinXP
ADS Spy is a small tool to list, view or delete Alternate Data Streams (ADS) on Windows 2000/XP with NTFS file systems.
ADS are a way of storing meta-information about files, without actually storing the information in the file it belongs to, carried over from early MacOS compatibility from Windows NT4. This meta-information is not visible in Windows Explorer. Recently browser hijackers began using this technique to store hidden information on the system, and even store trojan executable files in ADS streams of random files on the system.
Use with caution, Windows and several antivirus programs also store (temporary) information in ADS.
ADS are a way of storing meta-information about files, without actually storing the information in the file it belongs to, carried over from early MacOS compatibility from Windows NT4. This meta-information is not visible in Windows Explorer. Recently browser hijackers began using this technique to store hidden information on the system, and even store trojan executable files in ADS streams of random files on the system.
Use with caution, Windows and several antivirus programs also store (temporary) information in ADS.
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Keywords:
ads spy
ads
metadata
meta
alternate
data
stream
License type
Freeware1
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Date added
30 Dec 2006
Downloads
3,633
File size
29.55 kB
(<1min @ 1Mbps)
Operating systems
Win2k / WinNT / WinXP1
1License and operating system information is based on latest version of the software.
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