Re: Spyware in Content.IES

From: David H. Lipman (DLipman~nospam~_at_Verizon.Net)
Date: 11/24/04 

Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 20:07:46 -0500

Wesley:

It blows my mind that there are IE caches out there that are 1GB large. Since cached
Internet files tend to be small, that means there are 10's of thousands of files in the
cache. The whole idea of the cache is to speed up access on slow internet connections by
keeping some content local. However, when the cache get large it takes as long or longer to
search the cache for the data than getting it from the Internet. I also want to mention
that having a large IE cache also slows down AV "On Demand" scans, CHKDSK functions and
defragmentation.

Dave

"Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:uAHQglb0EHA.1296@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
| Mine's 1MB. All index.dat files get deleted on every boot, whether they
| need it or not. ;-)
|
| --
| Hope this helps. Let us know.
| Wes
|
| In news:ObMxP5a0EHA.2804@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl,
| David H. Lipman <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> hunted and pecked:
| > MS uses a percentage of the hard disk for the cache. This is
| > ridiculous for today's large hard disks. The cache does NOT have to
| > be any larger than ~10MB.
| >
| > Dave
| >
| >
| >
| >
| > "Cycloid Torus" <fictitious@hotmail.com> wrote in message
| > news:xtxod.23$Gu2.13@fe11.lga...
| >> Just to add, I find changing the file location for "Temporary
| >> Internet Files" makes "index.dat" (which swells up like a balloon)
| >> go away. This might be key in eliminating "cached" content you do
| >> not want. Not sure, but cutting the fat out of "index.dat" made my
| >> browser very much faster.
| >> CT
| >>
| >> "Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@comcast.net> wrote in message
| >> news:%231A31rP0EHA.3336@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
| >>> To delete *all* Temporary Internet Files...
| >>>
| >>> 1) Start | Run | Type: inetcpl.cpl | OK
| >>> Or right click the Internet Explorer icon on your Desktop.
| >>> Or: Start | Settings | Control Panel | Internet Options.
| >>> Best to do this with all instances of Internet Explorer closed.
| >>> Especially
| >>> if there are a large number of files.
| >>> 2) On the General Tab, in the middle of the screen, click on Delete
| >>> Files 3) Check the box Delete all offline content {This cleans
| >>> >> C:\Documents
| >>> and Settings\YourNameHere\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files
| >>> AND C:\Documents and Settings\YourNameHere\Local Settings\Temporary
| >>> Internet Files\Content.IE5 and \Content.MSO
| >>> 4) Click on OK and wait for the hourglass icon to stop after it
| >>> deletes the
| >>> temporary internet files
| >>> 5) You can now click on Delete Cookies and click OK to delete
| >>> cookies that websites have placed on your hard drive.
| >>>
| >>> --
| >>> Hope this helps. Let us know.
| >>> Wes
| >>>
| >>> In news:853C3747-8A88-4E6C-AEB4-09955897429C@microsoft.com,
| >>> mnbizz <mnbizz@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:
| >>>> Dave,
| >>>> I'd have to go with you on this one as I can count on no hands how
| >>>> many times deleting from within IE has worked...what a fricking
| >>>> joke that is...IE just stalls out, especially if there is spyware
| >>>> involved! Just what the heck does MVP stand for anyways.
| >>>>
| >>>> "David H. Lipman" wrote:
| >>>>
| >>>>> Funny guy....
| >>>>>
| >>>>> Dave
| >>>>>
| >>>>>
| >>>>>
| >>>>>
| >>>>> "Kent W. England [MVP]" <kwe@mvps.org> wrote in message
| >>>>> news:%23nPla3snEHA.3396@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
| >>>>>> David H. Lipman wrote on 19-Sep-2004 7:46 PM:
| >>>>>>> Clean -- By what solution ?
| >>>>>>>
| >>>>>> Kent:1, David:0 :-)
|

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