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I copy-n-pasted some text from Notepad into a command line window. The copied text included a tab character prefixing the text I copied, for example "{tab}test.exe". When I pasted this into the command line, the result was:
@OpenWithToastLogo.pngtest.exe
Wait, what?
A quick search on the computer in question as well as a subsequent one on Google revealed the following:
- On the computer in question, there is in fact a file named
@OpenWithToastLogo.pnglocated in the Windows System32 folder. - On Google, my scan of the search results seemed to show only non-specific answers (as of the writing of this question, that is) with the standard bevy of "is this malware" sites indicating that a virus scan showed the file not to be a virus.
What is the purpose of the @OpenWithToastLogo.png file?
Also, why is "@OpenWithToastLogo.png" (text) associated with a pasted tab character in a command line window?
László Koller
Posted 2015-01-09T17:39:17.497
Reputation: 139
possible duplicate of How can I remove malicious spyware, malware, viruses or rootkits from my PC?
– Nifle – 2015-01-09T18:45:38.2572Is it really
.png?Tabtrigger autocompletion. – Daniel B – 2015-01-09T19:31:55.4131@DanielB: Ah, yes, auto-complete. That definitively answers Question #2 (above). The TAB character is being interpreted as auto-complete, which in this case returns the first file in the current folder of the command window. – László Koller – 2015-01-09T19:47:01.643
Can you open the file in an image viewer? I'm curious what its contents are. "Toast" I know is used to describe the pop-up messages that appear over the UI in Android (usually when a task is complete), it's probably something similar for Windows 8. – baochan – 2015-01-09T20:20:55.987
Toast is a video capture program. Do you have any Roxio products installed? If you really want to know where it came from, run Orca against c:\windows\installer to list all files associated with each installer. – None – 2015-01-10T05:02:18.677
Possibly related? http://superuser.com/questions/792607/why-does-windows-think-that-my-wireless-keyboard-is-a-toaster
– spuder – 2015-11-29T22:46:03.170It is a 32 x 32 png file.... Black. Hope that is enough. It has no use... maybe a message to someone. – None – 2015-11-29T20:25:54.027
Including an answer within the question makes it difficult for others to find it in a search. Instead, please post the answer as an answer (read Can I answer my own question?)
– fixer1234 – 2015-12-04T05:24:19.353It seems to match up with @TileEmpty1x1Image.png – Jan Doggen – 2016-11-30T09:50:14.417