My PC runs slower and slower as the hard disk fills up. I find the problem is thousands of files associated with my Norton Internet Security.
Hundreds of folders are type \WINDOWS\Temp\slu****.tmp .
Hundreds of folders are type \Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\VirusDefs\tmp****.tmp
where **** is four digit hex.
The files are NAVEX12.DAT, NAVEX32a.DAT, TCDEFS.DAT, TCSCAN7.DAT, cceraser.dll, esrdef.bin,
VIRSCAN*.DAT (where * is 1 to 9). [not always CAPS]
In addition, all but four of my badly fragmented files are associated.
Here is the list.
Fragments File Size Files that cannot be defragmented
2,436 112 MB \Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\VirusDefs\tmp13a8.tmp\VIRSCAN7.DAT
1,964 112 MB \Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\VirusDefs\tmp3d38.tmp\VIRSCAN7.DAT
2,334 112 MB \Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\VirusDefs\tmp4841.tmp\VIRSCAN7.DAT
2,201 112 MB \Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\VirusDefs\tmp670e.tmp\VIRSCAN7.DAT
2,213 112 MB \Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\VirusDefs\tmp542e.tmp\VIRSCAN7.DAT
2,121 112 MB \WINDOWS\Temp\slu5aac.tmp\VIRSCAN7.DAT
2,375 112 MB \Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\VirusDefs\tmp5dec.tmp\VIRSCAN7.DAT
2,380 112 MB \Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\VirusDefs\tmp75f8.tmp\VIRSCAN7.DAT
2,310 112 MB \Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\VirusDefs\tmpb98.tmp\VIRSCAN7.DAT
2,495 112 MB \Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\VirusDefs\tmp159f.tmp\VIRSCAN7.DAT
2,152 114 MB \Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\VirusDefs\tmp5bea.tmp\VIRSCAN7.DAT
1,888 119 MB \Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\VirusDefs\BinHub\VIRSCAN7.DAT
2,350 119 MB \Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\VirusDefs\tmp5e1c.tmp\VIRSCAN7.DAT
2,615 119 MB \Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\VirusDefs\tmp1782.tmp\VIRSCAN7.DAT
2,159 119 MB \WINDOWS\Temp\slu1d18.tmp\VIRSCAN7.DAT
2,091 119 MB \Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\VirusDefs\tmp2456.tmp\VIRSCAN7.DAT
2,476 119 MB \Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\VirusDefs\tmp50dd.tmp\VIRSCAN7.DAT
2,062 119 MB \Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\VirusDefs\tmp6d8e.tmp\VIRSCAN7.DAT
1,841 119 MB \Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\VirusDefs\tmp7a87.tmp\VIRSCAN7.DAT
2,523 119 MB \Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\VirusDefs\tmp7dce.tmp\VIRSCAN7.DAT
1,957 119 MB \Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\VirusDefs\tmp4d63.tmp\VIRSCAN7.DAT
1,927 119 MB \WINDOWS\Temp\slu2456.tmp
1,843 119 MB \WINDOWS\Temp\slu7b10.tmp\VIRSCAN7.DAT
1,929 121 MB \WINDOWS\Temp\slu1d1b.tmp\VIRSCAN7.DAT
2,913 121 MB \Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\VirusDefs\tmp71be.tmp\VIRSCAN7.DAT
1,955 122 MB \Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Symantec\Norton Internet Security\URLLists
QUESTIONS:
Should all these files be accumulating?
How can I reduce the load they create?
(I am loathe to delete without advice, and find that Norton web pages do not permit me to post a query directly for reasons I cannot fathom.)