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On June 11, 2014,
Windows downloaded, & installed
half a dozen security-related Upgrades to
my Windows 7 64-bit system, &
within hours
my anti-virus program,
Rogers Online Protection (ROP) (actually Bit Defender),
alerted me that
it had detected
a virus (Gen:Variant.Kazy.361890) in
temp.edb buried in the
windows\softwaredistribution folder.
ROP declared
my computer was not virus-free, &
it could not clean it.
I immediately did a complete scan,
with the same ROP, &
nothing was found
(although 56k of items were 'Skipped').
Research online revealed that
the softwaredistribution folder is
used exclusively by Microsoft for
downloading Upgrades,
before they are installed.
Some remain there temporarily
even after they have been installed;
Currently it is 350MB.
I used W7's Disc Cleanup utility to
try to purge those old System files.
It suggested that it would, but
they appear to remain sitting there.
Some suggested I
turn automatic Windows Upgrade off temporarily, & then
make sure that folder is (temporarily) deleted,
before turning it back on because
that creates a new folder, but
Windows refuses to delete it
(claiming a file(s) are open elsewhere).
Any good advice would be greatly appreciated.
JKB
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Windows downloaded, & installed
half a dozen security-related Upgrades to
my Windows 7 64-bit system, &
within hours
my anti-virus program,
Rogers Online Protection (ROP) (actually Bit Defender),
alerted me that
it had detected
a virus (Gen:Variant.Kazy.361890) in
temp.edb buried in the
windows\softwaredistribution folder.
ROP declared
my computer was not virus-free, &
it could not clean it.
I immediately did a complete scan,
with the same ROP, &
nothing was found
(although 56k of items were 'Skipped').
Research online revealed that
the softwaredistribution folder is
used exclusively by Microsoft for
downloading Upgrades,
before they are installed.
Some remain there temporarily
even after they have been installed;
Currently it is 350MB.
I used W7's Disc Cleanup utility to
try to purge those old System files.
It suggested that it would, but
they appear to remain sitting there.
Some suggested I
turn automatic Windows Upgrade off temporarily, & then
make sure that folder is (temporarily) deleted,
before turning it back on because
that creates a new folder, but
Windows refuses to delete it
(claiming a file(s) are open elsewhere).
Any good advice would be greatly appreciated.
JKB
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