thums??? is it spyware???

doug1019 · Nov 25, 2003

I have downloaded pictures from internet sites before, nothing illegal. Recently when I coppied them to a cd, when viewing the cd, along with the group of pictures there is a icon titled Thums.
This has not happened before. Now when I use my digial camera and copy those pictures, the Thums icon is also on the cd. When I start the copy process the computer says " adding information to the cd and then it start to copy the photos. Is this some type of spyware??? I use windows XP and and the windows program to do all fo the copping. Any ideas what this
"Thums" is?
Thank You

Jabman · Nov 25, 2003

I have the same thing happen to me when I have burnt images etc.....some info on thumbs.db files quoted from this site: http://www.fcs.iastate.edu/computer/tips/thumbs/default.htm

The thumbs.db file is generated by the Windows operating system. It is a database file containing the small images displayed when you view a folder in "thumbnail" view (as opposed to tile, icon, list, or detail view).No harm is done by deleting thumbs.db files. There is no need to include them in your system backups. Whether you see these files or not is a function of your File Options settings.
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You can turn off this feature if you like, although personally I haven't.

To turn off this feature and save a bit of disk space,

>Click the Start button
>Select Control Panel
>Select Folder Options
>Click the View tab
>Check "Do not cache thumbnails"
>Click the OK button

Now you can search your computer for thumbs.db files and remove them. To do so:

>Click the Start button
>Click Search
>Click "All files and folders"
>In the "All or part of the file name" box type Thumbs.db
>Set the "Look in:" pull-down menu to "Local Hard Drives (C"
>Click Search. A list of the files found appears in the right window.
>Click in the right window where the files are listed and press the control button and the A button to highlight all the files (Ctrl+A).
>Press the Delete key. It may take a few seconds to delete the files.
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Regards,
Jade.

doug1019 · Nov 26, 2003

Hi Jabman
Thanks for all your information and help.

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