Solved Computer Slow/Locking up - spam found in temporary folder !!

[STU9000]

Things seem to work when I click on them, no waiting half a second- instant. Feels much better now, hope it stays that way.

 

[Jacee]

I want you to know that temporary files in Google Chrome and IE are NOT spam! .... it doesn't indicate what you see in temp files is some place you visited! It is the website 'cache' that you visited with your browser.


Please read this and let me know if you understand how this " temporary cache" works: Temporary Internet Files - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Temporary files can be cleaned out using TFC by Old Timer and CCleaner.

 

[STU9000]

They are turning up in Internet Explorer which I NEVER use, like I said.

 

[STU9000]

It's in a folder shared by Mozilla and Chrome so maybe they are adding these files? Content.IE5 is the name of the folder. Haven't seen any multiple copies of the same album cover coming up though.

I also don't get why everytime I clear the temp files in chrome they end up coming back and taking up 500-800MB of space? Why do they need that much and am I downloading all that every time?

 

[Jacee]

Are you deleting your 'browsing history' in Chrome? If not, here's how to: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95582?hl=en

 

[STU9000]

I do that from time to time yes, but most of the time I like to keep it because then I can look back on my history if I need to find a website I looked at previously.

 

[Jacee]

If you feel everything is okay, then mark your Topic 'Solved'.

 

[STU9000]

Well my computer is working better, but I wouldn't say the matter was solved so far as the matter of spam filling up temporary folder, another 160kb in internet explorer temporary files- files like this.

fwlink[1]
nhschoicesbehindtheheadlines[1].xml

I don't understand where they are coming from, it doesn't seem right. Unless I keep clearing them out they will keep filling up those folders. No duplicate album covers yet.

 

[Jacee]

They are coming from some 'application' data, and being stored in
C:\Users\****\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files.

• Download OTL http://oldtimer.geekstogo.com/OTL.exe to your desktop.
• Double click on the icon to run it. Make sure all other windows are closed and to let it run uninterrupted.
• When the window appears, underneath Output at the top change it to Minimal Output.
• Check the boxes beside LOP Check and Purity Check.
• Click the Run Scan button. Do not change any settings unless otherwise told to do so. The scan wont take long.
  • When the scan completes, it will open two notepad windows. OTL.Txt and Extras.Txt.
    Note:These logs can be located in the OTL. folder on you C:\ drive if they fail to open automatically.
  • Please copy (Edit->Select All, Edit->Copy) the contents of these files, one at a time, and post it with your next reply. You may need two posts to fit them both in.

 

[STU9000]

Here you, it's going to take 4 posts to copy and paste it all so I'll just upload the files.

 

[Jacee]

Please follow the tutorial here http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1538-sfc-scannow-command-system-file-checker.html


and let me know if any corrupted files were found and fixed.

 

[STU9000]

...did no find any security violations.

So you agree that there is something not right about these temp files? Did the previous scan you suggested not highlight anything?

 

[Jacee]

I don't see any malware, but I noticed this on the last .txt log:


Error - 24/06/2014 09:00:15 | Computer Name = Owner-VAIO | Source = Ntfs | ID = 262199
Description = The file system structure on the disk is corrupt and unusable. Please
run the chkdsk utility on the volume \Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy1.

 

[STU9000]

Please
run the chkdsk utility on the volume \Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy1.

So should I do that?

 

[Jacee]

Yes. The tutorial is here: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/433-disk-check.html

 

[STU9000]

Will try that soon. Failing that I'm just going to do a full system restore and hopefully then get rid of whatever is chewing up my CPU! Starting to run slow... again. I bet this is some update from windows to make me upgrade.

 

[Jacee]

Let us know the results!

 

[STU9000]

I just ran it and it produced this. Don't know where this Found file is on my drive though...

 

[Jacee]

Open command prompt, right click and choose to run as administrator > type or copy/paste
chkdsk c: /f /r

reboot.
Note that this will take lots of time so please be patient.

 

[STU9000]

OK then bear with me.