# My hard drive keeps filling up... without me putting anything there **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 15, 2003, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hard-drive-keeps-filling-up-without-me-putting-anything-there/188583 "2003-07-15T04:55:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2003, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hard-drive-keeps-filling-up-without-me-putting-anything-there/188583/21 "2003-07-15T20:13:24Z")
Yikes. How would I deal with that, **siberia**? ---
**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2003, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hard-drive-keeps-filling-up-without-me-putting-anything-there/188583/22 "2003-07-15T20:19:30Z")
MSINFO32 will tell you everything that’s running ---
**Author:** ![Harli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c0e974/32.png) [@Harli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harli)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hard-drive-keeps-filling-up-without-me-putting-anything-there/188583/23 "2003-07-16T00:14:39Z")
**siberia** , I was going to suggest the same thing. I sell that kind of spy software, but I also know of a detecting software that can find it. Wow, I’d so hate to be right about this. **matt\_mcl** , look into some software called SpyCop. Feel free to email me if you have any other questions that you don’t want to ask on the boards. BUT, another thing is that it could be a virus. My IT geek SO suggests these options 1. after deleting, reboot into safe mode and then check your disk space. 2. rebooting without your ethernet cable connected 3. visiting [http://housecall.trendmicro.com](http://housecall.trendmicro.com) and running the online virus scanner that can be found there Good luck! ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hard-drive-keeps-filling-up-without-me-putting-anything-there/188583/24 "2003-07-16T00:28:31Z")
Hmmm…I seem to recall reading online somewhere about a new Trojan Horse. It gets onto your computer somehow, & is used to relay porn to people. Wait! Here’s a link. > **[MSNBC News - Breaking News and News Today | Latest News](https://www.msnbc.com/)** > > MSNBC breaking news and the latest news for today. Get daily news from local news reporters and world news updates with live audio & video from our team. ---
**Author:** ![siberia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/siberia/32/9129_2.png) [@siberia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/siberia)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hard-drive-keeps-filling-up-without-me-putting-anything-there/188583/25 "2003-07-16T16:09:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by sailor \* > \*\*MSINFO32 will tell you everything that’s running \*\* Actually, **sailor** , the latest version of [ISpyNow 3.0](http://www.ispynow.com) will not show up in task manager, or any of the reports displayed by executing msinfo32.exe. ---
**Author:** ![siberia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/siberia/32/9129_2.png) [@siberia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/siberia)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hard-drive-keeps-filling-up-without-me-putting-anything-there/188583/26 "2003-07-16T16:17:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by matt\_mcl \* > \*\*Yikes. How would I deal with that, **siberia**? \*\* I would follow the suggestions made by \*\*Harli \*\* but do be aware that some of the latest spyware will not be uncovered by spyware detectors. If I were in your situation, I would grab a program like **Headcoat** suggested so that you can zero in on the larger/unknown files. Then with a little detective work you can find out what the large and/or numerous files are. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hard-drive-keeps-filling-up-without-me-putting-anything-there/188583.md?page=1)