temp files

[Guest]

My virus scan picked up a file, mmcodec280.exe under the documents and
setting/.../temp internet files. There are hundreds of files in this
directory. Seeing they are temp files can I delete them with causing harm?

 

[Shenan Stanley]

My virus scan picked up a file, mmcodec280.exe under the documents
and setting/.../temp internet files. There are hundreds of files in
this directory. Seeing they are temp files can I delete them with
causing harm?

Not only can you - you should.
Periodically.
Maybe even go as far as setting them to delete whenever you close Internet
Explorer.

For now - clear them out and set their size to something managable...

Empty your Temporary Internet Files and shrink the size it stores to a
size between 128MB and 512MB..

- Open ONE copy of Internet Explorer.
- Select TOOLS -> Internet Options.
- Under the General tab in the "Temporary Internet Files" section, do the
following:
- Click on "Delete Cookies" (click OK)
- Click on "Settings" and change the "Amount of disk space to use:" to
something between 128MB and 512MB. (Betting it is MUCH larger right
now.)
- Click OK.
- Click on "Delete Files" and select to "Delete all offline contents"
(the checkbox) and click OK. (If you had a LOT, this could take 2-10
minutes or more.)
- Once it is done, click OK, close Internet Explorer, re-open Internet
Explorer.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

Shenan Stanley wrote:

My virus scan picked up a file, mmcodec280.exe under the documents
and setting/.../temp internet files. There are hundreds of files in
this directory. Seeing they are temp files can I delete them with
causing harm?

Not only can you - you should.
Periodically.
Maybe even go as far as setting them to delete whenever you close
Internet Explorer.

For now - clear them out and set their size to something
managable...
Empty your Temporary Internet Files and shrink the size it stores
to a size between 128MB and 512MB..

- Open ONE copy of Internet Explorer.
- Select TOOLS -> Internet Options.
- Under the General tab in the "Temporary Internet Files" section,
do the following:
- Click on "Delete Cookies" (click OK)
- Click on "Settings" and change the "Amount of disk space to use:"
to something between 128MB and 512MB. (Betting it is MUCH larger
right now.)
- Click OK.
- Click on "Delete Files" and select to "Delete all offline
contents" (the checkbox) and click OK. (If you had a LOT, this
could take 2-10 minutes or more.)
- Once it is done, click OK, close Internet Explorer, re-open
Internet Explorer.

After that - get and utilize CrapCleaner:
http://www.ccleaner.com/

I suggest the Slim version...
http://www.ccleaner.com/download/builds.aspx

Good Luck!