Disk Skan

[Sylvie]

When McAfee does a regular scan on my PC it reaches a point where it spends upwards of 30 seconds on files that start Scanning: C\...\$R8SZE9t.ipa or similar.

Does anyone know what kind of files these are likely to be?

[Nibble]

Given that the end of the file name starts with a $ sign, this indicates a hidden system file, and your .ipa suffix indicates the folowing

http://en.wikipedia.o....ipa_(file_extension)

http://www.fileinfo.com/extension/ipa

The fact that your PC is scanning this file for upwards of 30 secs indicates, that you like your iTunes, don't worry, but it seems excessive.

[Sylvie]

Thanks Nibble for the enlightenment.

I clicked on the Wiki link and it does seem to have coincided with the arrival of my iPad about 9 months ago.