Full Hardrive / Probable Virus/Trojan/Malware/Whatever

Discussion in 'Malware Help (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by bananas, Dec 5, 2008.

  1. bananas

    bananas Private E-2

    There is a new Compaq laptop. 67.9 GB of the 70.0 GB hard drive is full, though there are no files large or plentiful enough to warrant the HD being that full. Obviously, there is something quite wrong - maleware, virus, whatever. If anyone can steer me in the right direction I'd really appreciate it.

    I have already run Malware by AntiMalware, Spybot, and Super AntiSpyware. They found some crap but nothing that improved my machine. I'm currenty running McAfee. I'll post the results if any.

    -Dan
     
  2. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    Welcome to Major Geeks!

    Problems like this are rarely malware. I suggest that you download, install and run Overdisk which will give you a nice picture of where all your diskspace is being used.

    If you wish, we can check for malware below and collect some additional info on your system to determine if you have any malware issues.

    Please follow the instructions in the below link and attach the requested logs when you finish these instructions.


    READ & RUN ME FIRST. Malware Removal Guide
    • If something does not run, write down the info to explain to us later but keep on going.
    • Do not assume that because one step does not work that they all will not.
    Notes:

    1. If you run into problems trying to run the READ & RUN ME or any of the scans in normal boot mode. You can run steps in safe boot mode but make sure you tell us what you did later when you post logs. See the below if you do not know how to boot in safe mode:
    2. If you have problems downloading on the problem PC, download the tools on another PC and burn to a CD. Then copy them to the problem PC. You will have to skip getting updates if (and only if) your internet connection does not work. Yes you could use a flash drive too but flash drives are writeable and infections can spread to them.
     

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