Data Disappearance

[jordan]

What is happening? Over the last three or four weeks when I check the hard
drive it shows a loss of used space. I'm running NOD32 and have done
'in-depth analysis' which hasn't shown any virus but the loss continues. Can
anyone suggest what else I can do to try to stop the apparent loss? I'm
running XP Home, Pent IV 3.2 G, 225G hard drive. Thank you in advance
for your help.

 

[Sir_George]

What is happening? Over the last three or four weeks when I check
the hard drive it shows a loss of used space. I'm running NOD32 and
have done 'in-depth analysis' which hasn't shown any virus but the
loss continues. Can anyone suggest what else I can do to try to stop
the apparent loss? I'm running XP Home, Pent IV 3.2 G, 225G hard
drive. Thank you in advance for your help.

If you are actually showing a "loss" of "used" space then you are actually
gaining "free" space and either files or folders are being deleted from your
drive without your knowledge or permission. Is that the case? If so, you
most likely have some form of infection on your system. However, if you
meant to post that you are loosing "free space" on your system, then it may
be because you are using some recently installed form of backup software. Is
that possible?

 

[jordan]

If you are actually showing a "loss" of "used" space then you are actually
gaining "free" space and either files or folders are being deleted from
your drive without your knowledge or permission. Is that the case? If so,
you most likely have some form of infection on your system. However, if
you meant to post that you are loosing "free space" on your system, then
it may be because you are using some recently installed form of backup
software. Is that possible?

I am showing a "loss of USED space" which does mean gaining free space. The
loss of files is exactly what I am afraid is happening. Since my post I
have run the online virus check for BitDefender, Panda, RAV and Trend Micro
the only thing that surfaced was Trend Micro indicated the possibility of a
suspicious file but they did not show what file or where it is located (big
help). Any thoughts?

 

[Rick]

I am showing a "loss of USED space" which does mean gaining free
space. The loss of files is exactly what I am afraid is happening.
Since my post I have run the online virus check for BitDefender,
Panda, RAV and Trend Micro the only thing that surfaced was Trend
Micro indicated the possibility of a suspicious file but they did not
show what file or where it is located (big help). Any thoughts?

Is your HD formatted in NTFS and is it compressing older files/folders?

 

[jordan]

Is your HD formatted in NTFS and is it compressing older files/folders?


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My HD is formatted in NTFS. I am not familiar with the overall operation of
NTFS but I soon will be. Will NTFS compress older files on it's own? My HD
has lost/compressed/reduced by 6 GB. Does this seem reasonable?

 

[As I see em!]

My HD is formatted in NTFS. I am not familiar with the overall operation of
NTFS but I soon will be. Will NTFS compress older files on it's own? My HD
has lost/compressed/reduced by 6 GB. Does this seem reasonable?

Jordan

I ran all of what you ran on my computer and nothing came up. Then I tried
running something that Art suggested to me, and it detected a virus that the
others did not. Art's reply was in reference to my subject "On-Line Scan. He
suggested I run:

Kaspersky has a online scan but it's better and more thorough to use a
on-demand scanner. Give this a try. It uses the KAV scan engine:

http://www.claymania.com/KASFX.EXE

Good luck!

 

[Art]

Jordan

I ran all of what you ran on my computer and nothing came up. Then I tried
running something that Art suggested to me, and it detected a virus that the
others did not. Art's reply was in reference to my subject "On-Line Scan. He
suggested I run:

Kaspersky has a online scan but it's better and more thorough to use a
on-demand scanner. Give this a try. It uses the KAV scan engine:

http://www.claymania.com/KASFX.EXE

Glad it helped you out. Clay agreed to host this since my ISP won't
allow serving a 10.7 meg file at my web site. We just put it up last
night, and you're the guinea pig But don't worry. We're both
decidedly ANTI-virus and we've been around the virus lists for years.
In fact, if you haven't, check out the claymania web site for
antivirus info and suggestions:

http://www.claymania.com/safe-hex.html

Art

http://home.epix.net/~artnpeg

 

[As I see em!]

I wasn't overly concerned about the possibility of a virus.

I ran it on my bosses computer

Cheers!