Re: Spyware in Content.IES
From: Wesley Vogel (123WVogel955_at_comcast.net)
Date: 11/24/04
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Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 20:14:30 -0700
Dave,
I don't understand everything I know about it. I do know that with cable I
don't want to cache anything. Keep it on the servers.
I do know that there are people with Content.IE5 folders that *never* get
emptied. Before I started deleting index.dats, they would grow so large
that Notepad would puke before opening them.
You ever see what kind of crap is in the "cache"? I clean mine out daily,
if not more often. I use OE for newsgroups. OE creates a zero byte file
for every message read. Plus wbkXYZ.tmp files when you Save a message your
working on, every time you hit Save. Yes some of this gets emptied when you
close IE & OE, but not all.
I've been online about three hours. I just looked, 134 of the wbk1D8.tmp
files. Probably more now, I've Saved this message a couple of times since
that count. ;-) 91 of the zero byte files. My TIF folder is 0.99 MB.
Content.IE5\index.dat is only 128KB, it was 32KB when I started.
I do not necessarily believe this...
[[Index.dat is the Internet Explorer cache index file. It facilitates the
browser cache mechanism that speeds access to frequently accessed web pages
across different browser processes in the same user context.]]
From...
Temporary Internet Files Use More Disk Space Than Specified
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;301057
The following are actual MSKB titles. The names have not been changed to
protect the innocent. Do not try this at home.
Here are a few problems that may be caused by Temporary Internet Files that
are too full....
Internet Explorer Saves Images As Bitmaps (.bmp Files)
The Disk Cleanup Tool Stops Responding
Error Message When You Open Photo: "The Page Cannot Be Displayed"
OL2000: Internet Free/Busy Information Not Updated
Money: Error Message: Money Is Unable to Verify Your Online Sign In
OLEXP: Sent Web Page Is the Cached Version of the Web Page Not the Most
Current Version of the Web Page
Outlook Express message appears blank and has an ATT000XX.txt or an
ATT000XX.htm attachment
--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
In news:%23DmBcIc0EHA.3820@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl,
David H. Lipman <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> hunted and pecked:
> 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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