full-disclosure - Is this a Virus?

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Message-ID: <BAY5-DAV104BF09DC833408615306889290@phx.gbl>
Date: Thu Dec 29 18:58:32 2005
From: ktriv3di at msn.com (Hochin Chen)
Subject: Is this a Virus?

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@...ohio.edu>
To: "Hochin Chen" <ktriv3di@....com>
Cc: <full-disclosure@...ts.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.
>