Re: Temporary Internet Files and s-l-o-o-o-w antivirus program
From: Anne Vasquez (annevasquez_at_NOSPAMhotmail.com)
Date: 07/17/04
- Next message: RaeMorrill: "Re: AAMT Guided Tour of Online Resources for MTs Class for $5"
- Previous message: Donna: "Re: for your friday entertainment"
- In reply to: Eliyahu Rooff: "Re: Temporary Internet Files and s-l-o-o-o-w antivirus program"
- Next in thread: Anne Vasquez: "Re: Temporary Internet Files and s-l-o-o-o-w antivirus program"
- Reply: Anne Vasquez: "Re: Temporary Internet Files and s-l-o-o-o-w antivirus program"
- Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ]
Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2004 14:03:01 GMT
They don't go away when I delete files and cookies through IE. I do
that regularly. That's one of the reasons I wondered what the heck they
were!
Anne
Eliyahu Rooff wrote:
> Back them up on a floppy or CD if it'll make you feel safer, then delete
> the whole bunch. Anything vital for your system is unlikely to be stored
> in the TIF folder. The best way to dump them is to open Internet
> Explorer, click on Tools, then on Internet Options. In there, you'll
> find buttons to "delete files" and "delete cookies." Use both, and get
> in the habit of doing it on a weekly basis. You'll be amazed at how much
> faster your browser and your virus scan will run.
>
> Eliyahu
>
> "Anne Vasquez" <annevasquez@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:B83Kc.15774$j34.1989@newssvr24.news.prodigy.com...
>
>>I've noticed that it takes about 4 hours to run my antivirus program
>
> (my
>
>>hard drive is 20 GB, and it's less than half full). It just doesn't
>>seem to me that it should take that long. Most of the time seems to
>
> be
>
>>spent on a folder in Windows called Temporary Internet Files, which
>>consists of several subfolders with somewhere in the neighborhood of
>>*42,000!!!* files in each, mostly files that are 0 bytes. What the
>
> heck
>
>>are these? When I try to delete them, Windows tells me that many of
>>them are important files, that I may have problems with certain
>
> programs
>
>>if they're deleted. I thought temporary meant temporary?? I really
>>think scanning all 300,000 or so of these files is what takes my AV
>>program so long to run, but I'm afraid to delete them. Is there some
>>way I can get a clue what's safe to get rid of and what's not?
>>
>>Thanks!
>>
>>Anne
>
>
>
- Next message: RaeMorrill: "Re: AAMT Guided Tour of Online Resources for MTs Class for $5"
- Previous message: Donna: "Re: for your friday entertainment"
- In reply to: Eliyahu Rooff: "Re: Temporary Internet Files and s-l-o-o-o-w antivirus program"
- Next in thread: Anne Vasquez: "Re: Temporary Internet Files and s-l-o-o-o-w antivirus program"
- Reply: Anne Vasquez: "Re: Temporary Internet Files and s-l-o-o-o-w antivirus program"
- Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ]
Relevant Pages
|
