[evilfantasy]

I don't know what it is.

Without knowing what it is and the fact that Vista is not letting you alter it is enough to think it is something critical to the OS.

Is it causing problems?

I honestly think you are one click from a reinstall.

[Howard]

Hello smathis94 and welcome to


The Administrator.000 file is a legit Windows user profile file.

See HERE.

Exactly why that profile has been created I don`t know, but it is legit.

Regards Howard

This thread is for the use of smathis94 only. Please don`t post your own virus/spyware problems in this thread. Instead, open a new thread in our malware Removal forum.

[smathis94]

No, that (user) file is not causing a problem. I just know I had not created it, and that I couldn't access it. This made me think that it was created from an intrusion, but now that I know it is a legit file I will not worry about it. I can rest easier knowing that it's not a hacker in my system.

Quick question about the large system files: Is there any way to compress these files so they don't take up as much hard drive space, without deleting them? I know this seems repetitive, I'm just curious so I can find a way to get most of my free space back. I have uninstalled several programs and applications that I do not use, but it only seems to scratch the surface.

Also, I have another question. I have a file named TMFilter.log (I know that this is a legitimate file for my Trend Micro Internet Security) that continuously grows. The other day I noticed this file was approximately 4.3 gigabytes. Is there any way to adjust the settings for this file so it does not take up as much of my hard drive (i.e. using regedit)?

[evilfantasy]

I can rest easier knowing that it's not a hacker in my system.....

You seem like you are fairly safe about computing in general. I think you should trust your antivirus and antispyware scanners to do their job and not worry too much. "If" something does get in we can usually sort it out here fairly easily.

Besides, a hacker likely isn't going to leave behind huge suspicious files for you to find and give themselves away

If you do find a suspicious file then go to one or more of the online file scanners to have them analyzed.
http://www.virustotal.com/
http://www.virscan.org/
http://virusscan.jotti.org/
I think there is a 10 MB limit on the file size that can be scanned.

Quick question about the large system files: Is there any way to compress these files so they don't take up as much hard drive space, without deleting them?

Doubtful. Windows most likely wouldn't function properly as it couldn't access them.

I have a file named TMFilter.log.......

This is the Scan Engine debugging log from Pc-cilin. See how to >> disable it.

It would be easier for you to just create a regfix to disable it. Again thanks to miekiemoes.

Open notepad (Start > Run > type notepad.exe and click OK.
Copy and paste the below quoted text into it:
(beginning with REGEDIT4)

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\TMFilter\Parameters]
"DebugLogFlags"=dword:00000000

Save this as fix.reg Choose to save as *all files and place it on your desktop.
It should look like this:
Doubleclick on it and when it asks you if you want to merge the contents to the registry, click yes/ok.

Delete the .reg file and restart the computer.


Windows is like a mad book keeper. It keeps logs and copies of nearly everything and isn't always very efficient at taking out the trash. Thats why there are tools like CCleaner that millions of people use daily.

If you are just curious as to if anything may be corrupted then go to Start > Run > type sfc /scannow and click OK. This is the System File Checker. If anything is corrupted Windows will alert you to it.

[smathis94]

Thank you very much for taking the time to help me with my problem. I greatly appreciate it! I am going to run the system file checker scan for any corrupted files... hopefully, it will find something that can explain the problem I have been having with my hard drive. It has been frustrating, to say the least, to watch my free space dwindle down to pretty much nothing, and not knowing why.

[smathis94]

I think I may have found the problem after running Auslogics Disk Defragmenter: For some reason Trend Micro has some hefty-sized log files... not just TMFilter.log! I have a cfw_log.txt file that is 28.9Gigs, and another file TmProxy.log that is 3.9Gigs!!!! Whoa!

Can you tell me if the direction I followed in your last post will prevent Trend Micro from doing this, or is it just a fix for the TMFilter? I would have never suspected Trend Micro to take up so much of my hard drive. I'm wondering if I shouldn't consider another program for security, as much as I hate to throw the $40 down the drain.

[evilfantasy]

I'm not sure what all the reg fix will do. It should be described in the link.

You can open the PC-Cillin control panel (no I don't know how) and see if you can adjust any of the settings to try and trim it down. Or go here scroll down a little and submit the question th Trand Micro. They may have a solution.

This is the very reason we only recommend and use free security tools. Not because they are no good or we don't want to pay for them. It is because they are too bulky. You get the same protection with the free versions and less resources used.

If it were me and the files were not having any negative effects I would get my moneys worth out of it and then change to something free.

[smathis94]

I have solved this aggravating problem... all thanks to your help here in the tech support team forum!!! I have recovered half of my hard drive, which is more than what I expected to be free (back to about 60gigabytes of free space)!!!! The problem lied within the trend micro pccillin internet security 2007 debug logging feature. I don't know why this feature enables these log files to accumulate to mass proportions, but it is a problem that trend micro should address and fix.

The fix for future reference:

Boot computer in Safe Mode
Open log folder located in Trend Micro folder (C:/program files/trend micro/internet security/log)
Delete all log files (will have .log extensions)

Restart computer in Normal Mode

Go to Trend Micro folder
Open Internet Security folder
Find PCCTool.exe and open
Click on Debug tab
Click on Start Collection button
After collection is done, click button to disable debug logging!

THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL YOUR HELP!!!
Stephen Mathis

[Daveskater]

Glad to hear everything's sorted mate, I know first hand how performance can suffer from low disk space, and it's truly frustrating when you don't know what's causing it.

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