I have a question about a file...

[BigEmmaFanz]

I found a file called "core.7914" on my public_html that I didn't upload. Can someone shed some light on this. Could it be that someone managed to hack in to my ftp and uploaded it and that it's a virus of some kind?

 

[swirly]

I dont know exactly and i could be wrong, but maybe it's just a misplaced file, supposed to be in another place?

 

[BigEmmaFanz]

How would a file get misplaced? I never even touched anything that I didn't think I should touch. O_O

 

[moose]

Really weird. Found nothing on Google.

Maaybe the staff her can justify this case.. :+

 

[Bryon]

Remember the name of it, then rename it. If you don't notice anything weird/different/bad happening, then I would just delete it.

I remember finding some of those on my site once.. That's what I did.

 

[BigEmmaFanz]

Alright, thanks NedreN... I wanted to check whether it was a file that was entered into our servers by admins and wasn't meant to be touched. =p

 

[TheJeffsta]

Seems to me like a temp. file or something.

Do you run any php scripts or anything from the 'public_html' folder?
If so, it could be a file auto-created by it, but, do try NedreN's solution to see if it is actually needed.

 

[bin_asc]

Usually files with extension of 123423 are some temporary files, used either for uploads or things like that, that may have been interupted.