a file groving 1kb per second?

[xromania™]

In D:\Program Files\Join Air\log i have a txt named Autoztemon who have 1.7 GB and is groving with like 1kb every few seconds, even if im not conected to internet.

join air is program istalled by my provider who gave me other internet option, a stick with wireles. This stick intalled this Join air.

but i dont use this internet conection and i gave this stick to a friend and probably he use it often, but i dont think because that my txt is groving.

i dont have viruses, i scanned repetatelly and im not noob, i know good windows. My xp home is updated but is pretty old.

[pwillener]

Can you uninstall Join Air?

[plodr]

ZTE is the company but the site is in Chinese. It has to do with 3G modem software.
You might have to uninstall anything related to the wirelss 3G modem stick.

I found an English site http://www.zteusa.com/

Most pf the devices pictured are cell phones.
Was this your device?
http://www.zteusa.com/device/201103/t20110303_1008.html
It's the only USB stick I can find on the site.

[xromania™]

thanks; yes is just a usb stick. I know to solve the problem but im wonder what is this strange behavior or if can be a undetected virus

[_nullptr]

The behaviour you describe is likely due to the fact that you're not using the wireless USB stick, but the program for it is still running and is just continuously logging errors related to being unable to connect.
I very much doubt that this is at all malware related.

[xromania™]

but i dont see in my startup programs and stuff something related to this and he should not running until i activate this conection... I asked friends and this txt for them is only few kb, only mine is big

i know i can just delete it or uninstall it (but i dont want to uninstall because probably ill use it one day is can be hard to setup it again) but isnt a easy and kind way to deactivate this file bug? somewhere in registry?

[pwillener]

How if you just disable it in the Device Manager?

[plodr]

Go here D:\Program Files\Join Air\log
First empty the log file so it is very small then right click the log file, select properties and check the box marked read only.
This might not work because as long as the program is installed it might just create a new log file.

Your best option is to uninstall the program.

[xromania™]

thanks guys, anyway cant open it, to big and i dont want to uninstall. Ill just delete if nothing is affected

[pwillener]

Originally Posted by xromania™

i dont want to uninstall.

But a driver that does nothing, but has so much activity will definitely affect the performance of your computer. At least disable it as long as you don't use it.

[plodr]

Start then run and type in msconfig.
Click the startup tab and check there because JoinAir is running something (HKLM registry key) that causes it to keep running and adding to the log file.

At the very least, disable it or every day you will have to manually go in and trim the log file.

I have two USB dongles (linkys wifi) which I no longer use on two desktops. I uninstalled everything from one computer. On the other, I disabled it.

[xromania™]

thanks but what exactly to search in registry? searching for Autoztemon give nothing and for Join air give to many results. In my running programs at startup i dont see any stuff about join air

but i dont understand why this driver or stuff is running with this txt, if i dont use this conection and this driver is activated only when i activate the conection

[plodr]

You are not searching in the registry. You are looking at what runs at startup.
Since you refuse to uninstall JoinAir, it will run and try to locate the USB stick. When it doesn't find it, it starts adding lines to a log. That's what you see getting larger and larger, the log of errors.

[xromania™]

thanks. I deleted the folder Log and now is ok. But im wonder, when ill use the stick again to have internet, the instalation ill be corupted?