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Re: [Full-disclosure] Is this a Virus?

Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] Is this a Virus?
Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2005 10:58:21 -0800
The browser cache is limited. Also, this is not due to browsing. I suspect it is due to some program that is installed on my machine.
I ran an anti-virus too. No results.


Just wondering if there has been any maliicous programs lately that do this

----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Holstein" <michael.holstein@csuohio.edu>
To: "Hochin Chen" <ktriv3di@msn.com>
Cc: <full-disclosure@lists.grok.org.uk>
Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2005 10:51 AM
Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] Is this a Virus?



When I reboot my computer I have 2 GB space. After about 4 hours of plain web browsing, I get a low space message. The space left is 1 MB.
Something keeps on filling up my hard drive when my machine is on. How do I figure out what? Anyone heard of this

Um .. this is a bit O/T for full-disclosure, but here goes :

Have you checked the amount of space reserved for your browser cache? In the Microsoft world, this is typically set to 10% of a drive's size (not free space .. physical size). Go into the properties tab of Internet Explorer and set the cache to 1mb, clear out what's in there, and start anew.

/mike.

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