innu Posted January 10, 2005 Report Share Posted January 10, 2005 I have read in many places ,that I can freely delete C:\WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution\Download folder ,and it is just some unnessesery/tempererry files. but I am asking ,can I do that ,without couseing any trouble ,or deleting anything important ,?It is 587Mb large. I am asking ,becouse ,when I search google or any other places ,I can find many people with trouble with viruses in this folder ,so why there would be a virus ,when this folder is completly unnesseserry?Or can u suggest any more tips ,how to free up hard drive?I have Windows XP pro SP2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nellie2 Posted January 10, 2005 Report Share Posted January 10, 2005 That is entirely up to you, you can clean up after SP2 install if you are happy with it, I have no experience of deleting this folder but then I'm not short on space. There seems to be a good explanation hereCrap Cleaner is good for getting rid of a load of rubbish from your PC but make sure you configure it first... otherwise you may find yourself cleaning off cookies that you want to keep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slooksterpsv Posted January 10, 2005 Report Share Posted January 10, 2005 Hey, if you don't have an Anti-Virus scanner than I suggest Avast! Anti-virus, google it or I think the website is http://www.avast.com Go there and download it, best of all its FREE! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trackrat Posted January 11, 2005 Report Share Posted January 11, 2005 So is AVG which can be got from http://free.grisoft.com/freeweb.php/doc/2/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
innu Posted January 11, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2005 Ok ,i deleted that folder and all is ok. Thank you for that crap cleaner link ,really good thing. My registry was like a trash bin :D . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted January 11, 2005 Report Share Posted January 11, 2005 Ok ,i deleted that folder and all is ok. Thank you for that crap cleaner link ,really good thing. My registry was like a trash bin :D .It's the best thing since sliced bread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slooksterpsv Posted January 11, 2005 Report Share Posted January 11, 2005 The only problem with AVG is you have to scan your whole hard drive in order to delete a virus whereas if Avast finds it, you can delete it right on the spot. Also with Avast you can scan just a single folder if you want by right clicking then clicking Scan Folder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvw Posted January 11, 2005 Report Share Posted January 11, 2005 Also with Avast you can scan just a single folder if you want by right clicking then clicking Scan Folder....as can AVG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
innu Posted January 12, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2005 AVG isn't so good. I was using AVG about a year, It did its work ,but it haven´t detected all the viruses. One time ,it didn't find one very nasty virus ( gayporn virus :angry: ) ,allthrougth I had latest virus definitions. And ,usually AVG didnt detecct viruses just when u activate them ,It tells that is virus ,only if u scan it first , and when It finds virus ,it didnt block it automaticly ,the virus can make harm ,same time you are deleting it.Now I am using NOD32 ,and it is really good. But it is not free... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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