Vista - continuous creation of temp files

06-17-2008

Hi,

Something is continuously creating temp files in my
C:\Users\MyName\AppData\Local\Temp directory. About every minute, a zip
file is created named something like Temp1_040528.zip. It contains a bunch
of files named something like IM031130.DAT or CD045432.DAT, along with two
directories, SUMMARY and LISTS. After a week, my drive fills up.

I was running Trend. Removed that and installed Avast. Turned off Avast and
now running Microsoft OneCare. None of them found any problems.

Was running Acronis backup, but removed that.

Turned off System Restore...

Any thoughts??

Many thanks in advance.

Marc.

06-17-2008

"marc" <marcnospam@xxxxxx-elegance.com> wrote in message
news:eMbjHdM0IHA.2084@xxxxxx

Quote:

> Hi,
>
> Something is continuously creating temp files in my
> C:\Users\MyName\AppData\Local\Temp directory. About every minute, a zip
> file is created named something like Temp1_040528.zip. It contains a
> bunch of files named something like IM031130.DAT or CD045432.DAT, along
> with two directories, SUMMARY and LISTS. After a week, my drive fills up.
>
> I was running Trend. Removed that and installed Avast. Turned off Avast
> and now running Microsoft OneCare. None of them found any problems.
>
> Was running Acronis backup, but removed that.
>
> Turned off System Restore...
>
> Any thoughts??
>
> Many thanks in advance.
>
> Marc.

One thing that I would do is to run all my spyware/malware applications.
Have you tried to use System Restore to go back to pre-problem?
MLD

06-17-2008	#1 (permalink)
marc n/a posts	continuous creation of temp files Hi, Something is continuously creating temp files in my C:\Users\MyName\AppData\Local\Temp directory. About every minute, a zip file is created named something like Temp1_040528.zip. It contains a bunch of files named something like IM031130.DAT or CD045432.DAT, along with two directories, SUMMARY and LISTS. After a week, my drive fills up. I was running Trend. Removed that and installed Avast. Turned off Avast and now running Microsoft OneCare. None of them found any problems. Was running Acronis backup, but removed that. Turned off System Restore... Any thoughts?? Many thanks in advance. Marc.
My System Specs

06-17-2008	#2 (permalink)
MLD n/a posts	Re: continuous creation of temp files "marc" <marcnospam@xxxxxx-elegance.com> wrote in message news:eMbjHdM0IHA.2084@xxxxxx Quote: > Hi, > > Something is continuously creating temp files in my > C:\Users\MyName\AppData\Local\Temp directory. About every minute, a zip > file is created named something like Temp1_040528.zip. It contains a > bunch of files named something like IM031130.DAT or CD045432.DAT, along > with two directories, SUMMARY and LISTS. After a week, my drive fills up. > > I was running Trend. Removed that and installed Avast. Turned off Avast > and now running Microsoft OneCare. None of them found any problems. > > Was running Acronis backup, but removed that. > > Turned off System Restore... > > Any thoughts?? > > Many thanks in advance. > > Marc. One thing that I would do is to run all my spyware/malware applications. Have you tried to use System Restore to go back to pre-problem? MLD
My System Specs

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