TTQ B4U Posted January 18, 2008 Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 okay, I've noticed a drop in Hard Drive space on my PC and found the reason....I keep getting very small files that under type just show as "file" and they are named in succession....created under my C: directory. most are very small 9k, 200kb then some are much larger. what's up? convert225 convert226 convert227, etc.... I can't tell what's causing them. I ran a full scan with Norton and it picked up nothing. Is there a program or something that is running that could be causing this? Have you seen this before? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokin5s Posted January 18, 2008 Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 what all do you use your machine for other than porn and CR? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87GT Posted January 18, 2008 Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 Open up the files in notepad and see if you can read them. I don't know of any program that makes files like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceGhost Posted January 18, 2008 Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 Vista or XP? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razorback Posted January 18, 2008 Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 Never heard of or seen that before on any of my machines or the machines at the company I do support at -- you might download Spybot Search & Destroy just to ensure your system is clean from that standpoint. It's free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTQ B4U Posted January 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 Thanks! I'm running XP SP2. Home PC is used mainly for CR and light internet surfing. Nothing bad. The files open in wordpad, but they are just garbage symbols. I ran a full virus scan with Norton that supposidly also takes care of spyware, but I will try the free download mentioned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokin5s Posted January 18, 2008 Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 I would stay away from Spybot... it doesn't pick up squat.... go download Windows Defender... it's much better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razorback Posted January 18, 2008 Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 I would stay away from Spybot... it doesn't pick up squat.... go download Windows Defender... it's much better Picks up quite a bit actually. I can't even count how many machines it's cleaned up at work from users going out and surfing god knows what sites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88lx5oh Posted January 18, 2008 Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 ive tried about every anti virus and spyware program there is. the best thing i have found is norton internet security corporate edition. have it running on both my machines. if ya want a copy pm me you can come get it. there is no serial needed. works like a charm. updates itself and has real time virus and spyware scan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gergwheel1647545492 Posted January 18, 2008 Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 http://www.spywareguide.com go to tools - free online scan. finds almost everything! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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