Help With Locating A Folder

[horribleblack]

I have windows XP home edition, and i have posted previously about my hard drive suddenly filling up. I think i have found the problem, when i run spyware doctor, it takes about an hour and a half to scan this one folder:

DocumentsandSettings/Owner/Complete

and it is full of zip files, from the names of them, i did not add them or have any knowledge of how they got there. I want these files out of my computer, but the problem is, i cannot find the folder. I can find DocumentsandSettings/Owner/Incomplete, but there seems to be no way to get to this folder. I tried to find it under my computer, and right clicking start, then explore, then opened up all the folders under Owner, but it is not there. yet when spyware doctor scans it, i see the name right on the screen as its scanning. Can anyone help locate this? thanks in advance

[Mada_Milty]

You can perform a search of your harddrive, but be sure to check the boxes to discover hidden files and folders, as well as subdirectories. If the files are indeed hidden, this will turn them up. Additionally, you can go to the tools menu, select folder options, and on the view tab, select 'Show hidden files and folders', as well as uncheck 'Hide protected operating system files'. Then you can see these folders as you normally navigate through windows.

I would aslo recommend that you visit this thread, and follow all the steps in it. This will make sure you are free from malware.

Also, this thread will keep you safe in the future. Major Geek recommended reading.

[horribleblack]

Originally Posted by Mada_Milty

You can perform a search of your harddrive, but be sure to check the boxes to discover hidden files and folders, as well as subdirectories. If the files are indeed hidden, this will turn them up. Additionally, you can go to the tools menu, select folder options, and on the view tab, select 'Show hidden files and folders', as well as uncheck 'Hide protected operating system files'. Then you can see these folders as you normally navigate through windows.

I would aslo recommend that you visit this thread, and follow all the steps in it. This will make sure you are free from malware.

Also, this thread will keep you safe in the future. Major Geek recommended reading.

thank you so much for the info, i did find the folder that was filling up my hard drive, and it had 15 gb of porno in zip files. I did NOT download this knowingly, and still have no idea what site or where it came from. I just deleted the entire folder, and now have 15 gb's of free space, about what i should have. I will visit the sites above, you mentioned - Thanks again! :D