Every anti-virus program I have tried has eaten up my hard disk's free space every time I ran a scan. The win386.swp file keeps getting bigger, and I know that is where the space is going. How do I get that space back (making a new win386.swp file didn't do it) and how do I prevent this from happening with future scans?

That is what the win386.swp does,unless you fix the size. http://pages.hotbot.com/arts/gorx/windows.html Virtual Memory: Set the size of the virtual memory (swap file) to an constant optimal size. Lessen the amount of virtual memory re-sizing, disk swapping and constant hard disk access. (Thrashing and stop it from becoming fragmented). 1. Right click My Computer or click on system in your Control Panel. 2. Click Properties 3. The System Properties window lists the amount of RAM in your PC remember this for step#8 4. Click Performance 5. Click Virtual Memory 6. Click Let me specify my own virtual memory settings 7. Click the arrow next to the hard disk. 8. Here are some guidelines to choose the best location for your virtual memory file A} Select the quickest hard disk. B} If you have, two hard disks that are similar in performance select the hard disk that does not contain Windows 95 system files. C} Make sure the drive has free space equal to at least twice the size of the recommended swap file size. D} If necessary, select the partition in alphabetical order. For example, if you have one 2GB hard disk and you partition it into two 1GB partitions drive C & D) You should pick Drive C over Drive D if meets all the guidelines of A}, B}, & C} 9. Set the Minimum and Maximum to: With hard drives being so large these days settings a 128mb swap file should cover almost every situation. Note: The amount of RAM plus the size of the virtual memory file is the maximum amount of RAM you can use at once. Win386.swp is the filename used for the swap file. The file is quite large don't delete it. 10. Click OK. 11. After setting the size of the virtual memory file windows will display the following message. You have chosen not to let windows manage virtual memory automatically. Click Yes. 11. You must restart your computer before the new settings will take effect. Do you want to restart your computer now? Click Yes 12. Sometimes Windows 95 takes a long time to shut down. During this time, it is doing necessary system maintenance. You must wait while the computer shuts down. 13. Use Disk Defragmenter (I use Nuts&Bolts Disk Tune Recorder Unfragment Advance File Placement to move Win386.swp to the front of my C:\ drive). 14. I've tried Nortons Swap file optimizer, but it did not set the file to one size so file can become fragmented .And placed my Win386.swp file on my D:\ drive partition.

Thank you.Could you give information me,about anti virus programs and they become current. Besides,I want to download this programs.

Hi, I have a NT Back office server 4.5 also running as a web server, I am losing hard drive space very rapidly now it has come to close to zero. I cleaned up temp. Also I have norton antvirus running. I am in a critical state how to free up a space and how come it increases. Could you please investigate and advise please. Thanks...Ruban.M