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need urgent help.... hard drive space eating itself...!

  • 05-02-2010 12:09am
    #1
    x in the city
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,134 ✭✭✭


    grrrr!

    wtf, my local drive c: is being consumed by a virus i presume, 200 megs vanish in about 30 mins...

    i have done several scans and some virus were detected and i rebooted, and installed norton 2010, and now doing a new scan.. 2 cookies detected so far but my space is still vanishing.

    driving me nuts. any idea guys?

    i had nod32 installed and surprised that i even got a virus....


Comments

  • #2
    cgarrad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,611 ✭✭✭cgarrad


    Download microsoft security essentials and run a full scan.

    Disable nod beforehand as 2 anti virus/spy ware is not a good idea.


  • #3
    ED E
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,170 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    What OS?

    If its vista/7 then its fine, they do that routinely, its not a symptom of anything.


  • #4
    Dartz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,405 ✭✭✭Dartz


    It could be a faulty drive?


  • #5
    happy_73
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 211 ✭✭happy_73


    x in the city wrote: »
    grrrr!

    wtf, my local drive c: is being consumed by a virus i presume, 200 megs vanish in about 30 mins...

    i have done several scans and some virus were detected and i rebooted, and installed norton 2010, and now doing a new scan.. 2 cookies detected so far but my space is still vanishing.

    driving me nuts. any idea guys?

    i had nod32 installed and surprised that i even got a virus....

    Seen this type of thing before. PC was compromised, rootkit installed along with FTP server. Movies and games were uploaded to the host. Best option (if possible) is to remove the drive and do a scan from a known good clean system. Cleaning something like this is not fun or easy.

    S


  • #6
    RoadKillTs
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,710 ✭✭✭RoadKillTs


    I've seen this happen a lot. Download WinDirStat and it will run a report and tell you where the space is been used.

    Do you have any P2P programs installed?


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