Gradual Loss of Free Space is Driving me insane

SOMEONE PLEASE HELP!!!! Everyday I have 1GB less free space. It keeps decreasing. This started a while ago and I ran sfc /scannow. My memory returned but it began to go down again. Once it reached really low again and so I uninstalled what I thought the problem might be (Limewire) then I ran all the chkdsks (chkdsk c:/f , /v, /p ,/r) and sfc /scannow along with Disk Cleanup. This too gave me all my memory back but once again it began to go down again. I have run all the chkdsk, sfc /scannow and Disk Cleanup but its not working. I'm not getting any of my free space back. I have installed numerous anti-spyware and malicious software removers and Diagnostics but thay all come up with nothing. I am ussually pretty good at solving computer problems but I can't figure this out. My friend had something like this happen to him. He said it was a backdoor where people uploaded things onto your computer but I wouldn't know how to find out if thats what this is. I have Windows XP. Please post if you have any suggestions. All help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks

 

For the people that really know their stuuf. I ran Hijackthis and heres the results. I know nothing about what is good and bad by looking at the results but I'm sure some of you geniuses will know. Please tell me if theirs something there that is bad.

Edit: Removed inline log file

 

Oops.

I followed the instructions but nothing came up. All the scans found were some cookies that I'm sure would noth effect my computer so greatly and also must have just gotten on because every day I run numerous scans. The bitdefender scan did not work for me but thats the only one I didnot run. What is suggested I do next?

 

View attachment hijackthis 1.log

Theres the HijackThis Log. I hope I did it right.

 

drunk_donkey,

Please ATTACH a fresh HJT log.

 

Heres the new HijackThis scan I just ran. If I did something wrong I'm happy to do it again but it should be good.

 

Attach the log to your post using the manage attachments feature.

 

I attached it using the manage attachments. Nothing is appearing on the writting box but I will post this and hopefully it will work.

 

Your posting me the link for the download, I need you to attach it to your post.

 

with the URL section?

 

Click on "Post Reply" and at the bottom of this box where you type click on "Manage Attachments" and then upload your HJT log.

 

It says I've already uploaded it

 

Run HJT and save it again, this time rename it and try again. If you cant do this time just paste the log inline and I will attach it for you.

 

drunk_donkey,

I notice you are running more than one antivirus. You must pick one and uninstall the others. Running more than one will cause conflicts on your computer.

Have HJT fix the entry below...

O23 - Service: McAfee AntiSpyware Service - Unknown owner - (no file)

After you complete the above, run CCleaner to cleanup any junk/temp files.

 

Your log looks clean to me, I dont think your problem is malware related. I would recommend posting this back in the Software Forum unless Chaslang has any suggestions.

 

Thanks.

My total Hard Disk Capacity is 71.5 GB
How it decreases is I will log on at the beginning of the day and start using the computer. I will check the memory and it will be say 24GB if I stop what I'm doing and check again an hour later it will say something like 23.5GB and before I log of 23GB. 1GB is not exactly how much dissapears each day bit its a close average.
Yesterday I ran the about:blank removing stuff and the other usual stuff such as chkdsk and a tool that related to my problem. The tool removes a program called W32/Alcra-B. I found the tool on a forum. After running the tools my disk space returned to what I'm pretty sure my disk space should be (around 48GB). But already I can see its begining to decrease again.
I ran CCleaner and it removed quite a bit. Probably 300Mb worth of stuff.
SpySweeper and Spyware Doctor are just trials and can't remove anything so I will uninstall them. PestPatrol was an evaluation version and its ending soon so I will uninstall it. If microsofts anti-spyware is better then Spy-Guard then theirs no point having spy-guard and it will be removed too.
Thanks for the suggestion.
Does anyone have any-ideas yet why this might be happening?

 

Ooops sorry. I thought I had revised all the places where I said memmory out.
The W32/Alcra-B remover according to the results at the end did not remove anything. I got the tool from here:

http://www.sophos.com/support/disinfection/alcra.html

I had been using Limewire for a while and although the problem didn't start till a few weeks after installing limewire I think limewire's the problem because I knew someone who had the same problem as me (his disk space kept decreasing) and he would find a folder called "complete" with tons of junk in it. It turned out limewire was putting it on his computer. I'm not 100% sure that limewire has made this start happening but I wouldn't be supprised. I unistalled limewire a while ago.

 

Well thanks a lot for all the help. I fixed my problem. I tell you how for future reference.

The spyware removal tools recomended all came up with nothing so I googled "spyware" and found tons of programs I never heard of and some reviews of them. I downloaded a few ( Examples of some are NoAdware,StopItBlockIt, XoftSpy and Spyware detector). All the websites idn't look very proffesional but I bet all these tools are produced by small companys and I wouldn't be supprised if many peole hadn't heard of them (I hadn't). All the tools came up with stuff.....stuff as serious as trojans. I didn't buy the software cause I'm kinda a cheap ass and only downloaded the free scan. So instead of buying the programs I deleted the stuff myself. To do this I first turned off system restore. When the scans finished it gives you the name of the problem and the location. So if its a file you can search it and delete it and for registry problems I clicked:

Start ,Run, Regedit, then you just follow allong with where it is.....I know that sonuds weird so if the location was

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Classes/*

You would go into registry editor click the plus sign beside HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE which would expand that folder then you would go through the contents of the folder find software click the plus sign to expand it find classes click the plus and so on till you found the right place then you delete the Registry Entrie it says. Now messing with your registry is REALLY DANGEROUS so don't do this unless you really know what your doing. And even then when you find the right entry right click on it and click export and save it to make a backup so you can fix it if you made a mistake. ONCE AGAIN DOING THIS IS REALLY DANGEROUS. I probably would suggest just buying the tool instead but if your like me my way is another option. The one I found the best was NoAdware.

Hope this helps.


BE CAREFUL WHEN EDITING THE REGISTRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Ya sorry if that isn't clear. I just was using that as an example.

 

you the boss. Thanks again chaslang