diff --git a/SparkleLib/SparkleFetcherBase.cs b/SparkleLib/SparkleFetcherBase.cs
index 10e3fa4d..8859cc32 100755
--- a/SparkleLib/SparkleFetcherBase.cs
+++ b/SparkleLib/SparkleFetcherBase.cs
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ namespace SparkleLib {
             "~*.ppt", "~*.PPT", "~*.pptx", "~*.PPTX",
             "~*.xls", "~*.XLS", "~*.xlsx", "~*.XLSX",
             "~*.doc", "~*.DOC", "~*.docx", "~*.DOCX",
+            "~$*",
             "*.a$v", // QuarkXPress
             "*/CVS/*", ".cvsignore", "*/.cvsignore", // CVS
             "/.svn/*", "*/.svn/*", // Subversion