Disappearing hard drive space.

Ben E Lou · 07-22-2007, 07:09 PM

Something is writing files to my hard drive, I guess. I cleaned 6 Gig worth of junk out this afternoon, go out, come back home three hours later, and I'm down to 178MB of space. Huh???

I did a search for files that have been written today, and there are 1,186 of them--a huge number of those starting with "Acr," such as AcrFC11.tmp, which was writtten at 7:22pm, when I was not at my computer. They're in my C:\WINDOWS\Temp folder. What are these, and how can I stop them from being written? The "Acr" files are taking up over 8 Gig of space. Looking at the time stamps, it appears that it's writing bunches of them until the hard drive is full. A little help, please.

cartman · 07-22-2007, 07:12 PM

Have you done the standard virus/spyware scans? I seem to remember coming across a keylogger program that used ACR in the file name.

cartman · 07-22-2007, 07:14 PM

Dola,

It also might be a problem with Adobe Acrobat. I seem to remember a bug that would create tons of files. Let me see if I can find something in my notes about that.

cartman · 07-22-2007, 07:16 PM

Double dola,

I found my notes on it. Look for a file named acrordIf.dll in your Acrobat directory structure. Rename it to .old, and see if the temp files stop being created.

Celeval · 07-22-2007, 07:18 PM

Check out:

http://ask-leo.com/comments_000306.php?page=4
http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx/.3bc0bde4?14

Try uninstalling/reinstalling Adobe Acrobat; then the MS Indexing service (cidaemon).

Ben E Lou · 07-22-2007, 07:35 PM

Thanks, Greg and Kevin.

Ben E Lou · 07-22-2007, 07:41 PM

Goodness. Those puppies were taking up 26 Gig of space.

gstelmack · 07-22-2007, 08:05 PM

Search for WinDirStat as well. When you start running out of hard drive room, it's a great way to see where it is all going.

Ben E Lou · 07-22-2007, 08:20 PM

This appears to have solved my problem. Thanks again, guys. No new files written to that directory in the last half hour.

ozias · 07-22-2007, 08:21 PM

You may want to run HighjackThis just to see if anything else is in there.

CCleaner is another good program to clean things up with.

Spybot Search & Destroy, SpywareBlaster, and Ad-Aware for Spyware removal.

Ewido for those very hard to remove trojans/virus/spyware/etc. if none of the above works. Note, Ewido now comes packaged with AVG, but you can download it, run it and let it remove the nasty stuff(good for 14 days). Then uninstall Ewido and run CCleaner and it will remove the registry components of Ewido, so then you can re-install Ewido at a later date and still have another 14 days to use it.

Or purchase it, 29.95 for 1 year, 39.95 for 2 years.

cartman · 07-22-2007, 08:49 PM

ya know, SkyDog, there are easier ways to hide 'teh pron' from SWMBO...

sterlingice · 07-22-2007, 09:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cartman

ya know, SkyDog, there are easier ways to hide 'teh pron' from SWMBO...

Hehe

SI

Ben E Lou · 07-23-2007, 03:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SkyDog

This appears to have solved my problem. Thanks again, guys. No new files written to that directory in the last half hour.

Confirmed fixed. Space still clean upon waking up.

07-22-2007, 07:12 PM	#2
cartman Death Herald Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Le stelle la notte sono grandi e luminose nel cuore profondo del Texas	Have you done the standard virus/spyware scans? I seem to remember coming across a keylogger program that used ACR in the file name. __________________ Thinkin' of a master plan 'Cuz ain't nuthin' but sweat inside my hand So I dig into my pocket, all my money is spent So I dig deeper but still comin' up with lint

07-22-2007, 07:14 PM	#3
cartman Death Herald Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Le stelle la notte sono grandi e luminose nel cuore profondo del Texas	Dola, It also might be a problem with Adobe Acrobat. I seem to remember a bug that would create tons of files. Let me see if I can find something in my notes about that. __________________ Thinkin' of a master plan 'Cuz ain't nuthin' but sweat inside my hand So I dig into my pocket, all my money is spent So I dig deeper but still comin' up with lint

07-22-2007, 07:16 PM	#4
cartman Death Herald Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Le stelle la notte sono grandi e luminose nel cuore profondo del Texas	Double dola, I found my notes on it. Look for a file named acrordIf.dll in your Acrobat directory structure. Rename it to .old, and see if the temp files stop being created. __________________ Thinkin' of a master plan 'Cuz ain't nuthin' but sweat inside my hand So I dig into my pocket, all my money is spent So I dig deeper but still comin' up with lint

07-22-2007, 07:35 PM	#6
Ben E Lou Morgado's Favorite Forum Fascist Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Greensboro, NC	Thanks, Greg and Kevin. __________________ The media don't understand the kinds of problems and pressures 54 million come wit'!

07-22-2007, 07:41 PM	#7
Ben E Lou Morgado's Favorite Forum Fascist Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Greensboro, NC	Goodness. Those puppies were taking up 26 Gig of space. __________________ The media don't understand the kinds of problems and pressures 54 million come wit'!

07-22-2007, 07:18 PM	#5
Celeval Pro Starter Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Cary, NC, USA	Check out: http://ask-leo.com/comments_000306.php?page=4 http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx/.3bc0bde4?14 Try uninstalling/reinstalling Adobe Acrobat; then the MS Indexing service (cidaemon).

07-22-2007, 08:05 PM	#8
gstelmack Pro Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Cary, NC	Search for WinDirStat as well. When you start running out of hard drive room, it's a great way to see where it is all going. __________________ -- Greg -- Author of various FOF utilities

07-22-2007, 08:20 PM	#9
Ben E Lou Morgado's Favorite Forum Fascist Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Greensboro, NC	This appears to have solved my problem. Thanks again, guys. No new files written to that directory in the last half hour. __________________ The media don't understand the kinds of problems and pressures 54 million come wit'!

07-22-2007, 08:21 PM	#10
ozias High School JV Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Maine	You may want to run HighjackThis just to see if anything else is in there. CCleaner is another good program to clean things up with. Spybot Search & Destroy, SpywareBlaster, and Ad-Aware for Spyware removal. Ewido for those very hard to remove trojans/virus/spyware/etc. if none of the above works. Note, Ewido now comes packaged with AVG, but you can download it, run it and let it remove the nasty stuff(good for 14 days). Then uninstall Ewido and run CCleaner and it will remove the registry components of Ewido, so then you can re-install Ewido at a later date and still have another 14 days to use it. Or purchase it, 29.95 for 1 year, 39.95 for 2 years.

07-22-2007, 08:49 PM	#11
cartman Death Herald Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Le stelle la notte sono grandi e luminose nel cuore profondo del Texas	ya know, SkyDog, there are easier ways to hide 'teh pron' from SWMBO... __________________ Thinkin' of a master plan 'Cuz ain't nuthin' but sweat inside my hand So I dig into my pocket, all my money is spent So I dig deeper but still comin' up with lint

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