Unwelcome downloads

jerseyboy · 12-27-2007, 08:13 PM

Here's an odd one. Got my 505 for Christmas, been enjoying it very much since. Have purchased a couple titles from Sony store, and downloaded a bunch of classics under the deal. Tonight, I noticed that in my Library listing, along with the dozen or so books I have selected from the Sony store, are about 15 or 20 of what appear to be chapters from the Koran. I didn't download these, and I have no interest in them. Nothing personal, just not interested. When I select them, and then try to delete them, the program freezes, and won't let me delete them. What gives? Anyone have a similar problem?

A related question: when I download the lrf files from the Sony store to my hard drive, where do they go? I can't find them, and if I can locate these files on my hard drive, perhaps I can delete them outside of the e-Reader program.

Thanks.

Nate the great · 12-27-2007, 08:16 PM

I'm not sure where the files go. Search for *.lrx.

jerseyboy · 12-27-2007, 08:30 PM

Curioser and curioser...I found the lrf files on my hard drive. All the books I have bought/selected are there...but these unwelcome guests are not. I suppose that explains why I can't delete them from within the program--it can't find them. But how did these things get listed in my library, and how come I can click on them and read them if I want? And how do I get rid of them? Odd...

Stanart · 12-27-2007, 08:51 PM

Click on one of the problem files to bring it up in the eBook Library. Then click on the little i in the upper right hand of the screen. You'll get information about the file including its location.

GatorDeb · 12-28-2007, 02:51 AM

Go to one of the ones you purchased on the software and click on the i, and go to that directory. Close the Reader software. Go up a directory and delete the library folder. Restart the reader. No more freezing. You will have to redownload your purchases. (I wish there was a download all function).

jerseyboy · 12-28-2007, 11:23 AM

Thanks, friends for the suggestions. Using the "i", I was able to locate the unwelcome guests. They were in a completely different location than the ebooks I had purchased/downloaded from the Sony store. I deleted that folder and they were gone.

What remains is the mystery of how they got there in the first place. I have done a virus and spyware scan on the computer. It's clean. Anyone got any ideas?

Ervserver · 12-28-2007, 11:52 AM

maybe they were on 505 already when it was purchased. A customer return, a rebuilt unit perhaps.

DrMoze · 12-28-2007, 03:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jerseyboy

Thanks, friends for the suggestions. Using the "i", I was able to locate the unwelcome guests. They were in a completely different location than the ebooks I had purchased/downloaded from the Sony store. I deleted that folder and they were gone.

What remains is the mystery of how they got there in the first place. I have done a virus and spyware scan on the computer. It's clean. Anyone got any ideas?

What was the folder name and where was it located? These bits of information can help, y'know.

jerseyboy · 12-28-2007, 04:01 PM

To Ervserver: A reasonable suggestion, except that (1) unless I was defrauded (always a possibility, I suppose, but I purchased from a very reputable dealer, and saw no signs of it being a recycled unit), I am very certain that what I got was a new in box 505--and I didn't see these files until I had been using the machine, and the program, for several days; and (2) the unwelcome files were on my computer's hard drive, not the 505. Weird, huh?

To DrMoze: Good point, and of course I didn't write it down. It was not the default directory that the ebooks I purchased from the Sony store were sent to. It was deep in my c: drive--under users/apps/documents/my ebooks, etc. something like that. Sort of like the normal default directory, but not. The only way I found it was by using the "i" icon; a windows search for *.lrx and *.lrf didn't disclose it.

All I can hypothesize is that somehow while I was online with the Sony store, putting my selections into my shopping cart, and then clicking download, at the same time something got crossed and I also downloaded some other guy's selections, as well.

Thanks, guys.

spooky69 · 12-29-2007, 11:16 AM

My guess would be that Sony is trying to convert people to Islam. I would give the books you see a read to figure out if you like them before you go further with this.

Nogg · 12-29-2007, 10:09 PM

Is there anyone else in your house who has access to your computer? If something like that happened to me, I'd first expect it was a prank.

spooky69 · 12-30-2007, 12:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nogg

Is there anyone else in your house who has access to your computer? If something like that happened to me, I'd first expect it was a prank.

Yes. This is exact situation I am in constantly. It causes me no end to face.
Just to add poignancy to this situation to this situation, I already bought the Koran from the classics store. The intro is great. Enjoy having deleted that, maybe.

spooky69 · 12-30-2007, 12:22 AM

Sue Sony.

JSWolf · 01-07-2008, 12:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by spooky69

Sue Sony.

Really BAD idea.

12-27-2007, 08:13 PM	#1
jerseyboy Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Sony Reader PRS-505	Unwelcome downloads Here's an odd one. Got my 505 for Christmas, been enjoying it very much since. Have purchased a couple titles from Sony store, and downloaded a bunch of classics under the deal. Tonight, I noticed that in my Library listing, along with the dozen or so books I have selected from the Sony store, are about 15 or 20 of what appear to be chapters from the Koran. I didn't download these, and I have no interest in them. Nothing personal, just not interested. When I select them, and then try to delete them, the program freezes, and won't let me delete them. What gives? Anyone have a similar problem? A related question: when I download the lrf files from the Sony store to my hard drive, where do they go? I can't find them, and if I can locate these files on my hard drive, perhaps I can delete them outside of the e-Reader program. Thanks.

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12-27-2007, 08:16 PM	#2
Nate the great Sir Penguin of Edinburgh Posts: 12,375 Karma: 23555235 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: DC Metro area Device: Shake a stick plus 1	I'm not sure where the files go. Search for *.lrx.

12-27-2007, 08:30 PM	#3
jerseyboy Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Sony Reader PRS-505	Curioser and curioser...I found the lrf files on my hard drive. All the books I have bought/selected are there...but these unwelcome guests are not. I suppose that explains why I can't delete them from within the program--it can't find them. But how did these things get listed in my library, and how come I can click on them and read them if I want? And how do I get rid of them? Odd...

12-27-2007, 08:51 PM	#4
Stanart Addict Posts: 223 Karma: 7385 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Central California Device: Handspring Visor, Sony PRS-500 Reader	Click on one of the problem files to bring it up in the eBook Library. Then click on the little i in the upper right hand of the screen. You'll get information about the file including its location.

12-28-2007, 02:51 AM	#5
GatorDeb Evangelist Posts: 447 Karma: 5365 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Sin City Device: PW2 + HDX 8.9	Go to one of the ones you purchased on the software and click on the i, and go to that directory. Close the Reader software. Go up a directory and delete the library folder. Restart the reader. No more freezing. You will have to redownload your purchases. (I wish there was a download all function).

12-28-2007, 11:23 AM	#6
jerseyboy Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Sony Reader PRS-505	Thanks, friends for the suggestions. Using the "i", I was able to locate the unwelcome guests. They were in a completely different location than the ebooks I had purchased/downloaded from the Sony store. I deleted that folder and they were gone. What remains is the mystery of how they got there in the first place. I have done a virus and spyware scan on the computer. It's clean. Anyone got any ideas?

12-28-2007, 11:52 AM	#7
Ervserver Wizard Posts: 2,624 Karma: 1008294 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Iowa, USA Device: Nook Simple Touch	maybe they were on 505 already when it was purchased. A customer return, a rebuilt unit perhaps.

12-28-2007, 04:01 PM	#9
jerseyboy Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Sony Reader PRS-505	To Ervserver: A reasonable suggestion, except that (1) unless I was defrauded (always a possibility, I suppose, but I purchased from a very reputable dealer, and saw no signs of it being a recycled unit), I am very certain that what I got was a new in box 505--and I didn't see these files until I had been using the machine, and the program, for several days; and (2) the unwelcome files were on my computer's hard drive, not the 505. Weird, huh? To DrMoze: Good point, and of course I didn't write it down. It was not the default directory that the ebooks I purchased from the Sony store were sent to. It was deep in my c: drive--under users/apps/documents/my ebooks, etc. something like that. Sort of like the normal default directory, but not. The only way I found it was by using the "i" icon; a windows search for .lrx and .lrf didn't disclose it. All I can hypothesize is that somehow while I was online with the Sony store, putting my selections into my shopping cart, and then clicking download, at the same time something got crossed and I also downloaded some other guy's selections, as well. Thanks, guys.

12-29-2007, 11:16 AM	#10
spooky69 Stats: Posts: 233 Karma: 1189 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: Sony PRS-505	My guess would be that Sony is trying to convert people to Islam. I would give the books you see a read to figure out if you like them before you go further with this.

12-29-2007, 10:09 PM	#11
Nogg Literate! Posts: 256 Karma: 2247 Join Date: Mar 2007 Device: PRS-500	Is there anyone else in your house who has access to your computer? If something like that happened to me, I'd first expect it was a prank.

12-30-2007, 12:22 AM	#13
spooky69 Stats: Posts: 233 Karma: 1189 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: Sony PRS-505	Sue Sony.

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