Brotherjohn
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Fri Aug-29-03 03:23 PM
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Anyone have HUGE .tmp files appear on their harddrive (like, 40GB)? |
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I'm getting HUGE .tmp files growing on my harddrive whenever I check my e-mail and have McAfee's E-mail Virus Scan module running. I cannot delete these while this module is running, and they continually increase until they fill up my hard drive (in minutes!).
They even continue to grow after I unplug my cable modem. I thought someone might be sneaking in a backdoor provided through this virus scan software. Either it's some glitch with McAfee's software or someone is using it maliciously and filling up my harddrive with their junk.
I can shut down the McAfee E-mail scan module (McVSEscn.exe), and that allows me to delete the large .tmp files. They seem to be mostly empty, large, fragmented files. But this is only a temprary fix.
Anyone ever run across this??
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Brian Sweat
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Fri Aug-29-03 03:43 PM
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1. No, it's those files with the .DHS extensions that make me nervous. |
Eloriel
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Fri Aug-29-03 04:08 PM
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2. Get ZoneAlarm -- it's free |
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tho there is a "Pro" version that costs.
I don't know what you've got, but I wouldn't mess around.
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Noordam
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Fri Aug-29-03 04:13 PM
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3. Turn off mcafee and go to the Norton |
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site and run their virus checker. Takes some time but some virus programs attack anti-virus programs.
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Bandit
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Fri Aug-29-03 04:15 PM
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4. Sounds like you have the Sobig worm ~use Norton it will fix it |
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Fri Aug-29-03 04:55 PM
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5. Or you can go into our "Program" files and move inbox.dbx... |
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Mine is located under a directory called "plus!"... But you can move this file to a temp file, then delete the inbox.dbx file that is in your "program" directory. Then move your temp "inbox.dbx back to your same Program directory... :) convoluted, I know, but it has worked for me in the past...
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