That fact that Norton finds nothing is only partially significant. It could be a False
Negative declaration.
Please go to one or more of the below online scanners and perform a scan of your platform
then report back your results.
Trend:
http://housecall.antivirus.com
http://housecall.trendmicro.com
F-Secure:
http://support.f-secure.com/enu/home/ols.shtml
McAfee:
http://www.mcafee.com/myapps/mfs/default.asp
Panda:
http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/
Kaspersky:
http://www.kaspersky.com/de/scanforvirus
Symantec:
http://security.symantec.com/
BitDefender
http://www.bitdefender.com/scan/license.php
Dave
| This happens all the time. When they are 0KB I replace them using my backups
| on CD and then when I go to use them again at some time later they are again
| 0KB. It seems like there is something about opening the windows explorer
| window that causes them to change, but I am not sure of this. I believe this
| to be the triggering event, because when it is occurring I can go into a
| folder and as I watch they files begin popping off to 0KB. Of course, I do
| not know for sure if this also happens by opening the files in Word. Norton
| Antivirus finds nothing and Norton is installed before any other programs or
| files are added to the computer. It is obviously something .. I .. am doing
| because it has occurred on several computers, even new ones and you are the
| first I have encountered that has experienced the problem. I do not know if
| it could be spyware, due to the fact I load many programs on my computer and
| some do collect information. I have run programs like adaware and spybot but
| to tell you the truth I cannot remember what the results were. I suppose I
| should run them again. I have my firewall on in Windows, but from time to
| time I turn it off because it restricts things that I want to be passed.
| Maybe I need to adhere to the recommendations of the firewall protection and
| ignore these programs I want that are not cleared by it, haha. Well,
| hopefully someone will come up with an answer for us. If I hear of a
| solution, I will try to remember to pass it on to you. Thanks for your reply
| to my posting.
|
| "CherryCreek" wrote:
|
| > Pete,
| >
| > are you moving files from USB disk or similar. I
| > encountered this problem when moving files from external
| > usb disk.
| >
| > /CC
| > >-----Original Message-----
| > >My documents, pictures and saved web pages change from
| > their normal file size
| > >to an unusable 0KB when I open Windows Explorer. Any
| > ideas would be great.
| > >Thanks.
| > >
| > >--
| > >Pete
| > >.
| > >
| >
