strange space limitation on boot drive c:

From: Shani (Shani_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 10/08/04


Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2004 16:21:02 -0700

hello dear administrators,
i am having a very strange problem. i, usually, clean boot drive c:, by
removing old files using option disk cleanup and cleaning old system files.
for example , i have space on boot drive = 4 Gb
used = 3.45 gb
free= 565 Mb
....
now, the problem is strange, when i cleaned disk(drive c:)
the free space becomes =700 MB as it should be.
but last time i used ICQ chat messenger and after it almost every day i saw
that my drive space is getting in use more and more
now free space on disk is almost 322 MB
i cleaned up drive c: , using disk clean up option, but it become
325 Mb instead of 565 as it should be, because i didn't install any program
for a long time , all old internet files are removed from the disk
i think there is any spyware or adware installed on my PC,
please guide me what to do with it and how to remove it ?
is there any link on microsoft.com to scan online and remove such softwares
from PC ?
please reply immediatly,
thank you,
your sincerely,
@rf@ni



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