.tmp files are created and deleted all the time without you knowing. They can be created by Adobe Reader, AV software, anti-malware, firewalls, scan engines, you name it. Sometimes they can be deleted, sometimes it may take a restart to delete them, or if something is running in the background that's using one, sometimes you can't delete it.
You can get AVG free from their website. I have yet to see an AV program that is setup correctly by default. I've never seen one that is set to scan **ALL FILES** and zipped files in both manual and any "real time" scanner or monitor. So be sure AVG (or whatever) is max'd out. -Clint God Bless Clint Hamilton, Owner http://OrpheusComputing.com ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> In a message dated 9/2/2004 6:32:16 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Do not worry about that .tmp, it means nothing but a small tmp file create > by the system. But it was never there before and I could always delete everything in the Temp folder before this. The rest is a REAL mess. Something is executing in the > background and > painfully slowing down everytying. I should run msconfig and disable as many > startup items as possible I think Ed, my techie, may have already done that. I saw him open the window used to get to that and I know he took away a lot of my tray icons. (and check if something is running fron the .inis as well. After restarting, run task > manager and see if any suspicious process is running besides the > few normal ones. Run cwshredder and try to run Adaware again.. if not > possible, try safe mode. If it goes on messing up, backup your most important files > to CD or DVD, reformat the HD and install > XP (reformat from the XP CD and be sure to use NTFS) Don4t waste your time > with McAfee, AVG is good enough. But a few times I've run McAfee and it caught things AVG didn't. AVG hasn't caught a thing in about 16 months. I suspect it's not running completely up to snuff. Can someone resend me the free AVG again? That's how I got it the first time. A friend in England sent it to me because Norton wasn't catching anything. As soon as I ran AVG the first time it caught 2 viruses!! It picked up at least 7 or 8 more after that, but once I got rid of the old hard drive, it hasn't caught a thing since. McAfee has picked up three viruses since I started using it a few months or so ago. Thanks for the help. I'll try this and see what happens. By the way, I started the anti-spy at 3:30 yesterday (Wed.), it's STILL running and is only up to nearly halfway done. It's 3:00 a.m. (Fri.). However, I've noticed that it usually catches Apropos at about the 13000 mark, but it's up past 15000 and still hasn't caught anything! Dale ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
