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Old January 4th 17, 07:56 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
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Default Gradual out of disk space - fidbox.dat

On Tue, 03 Jan 2017 17:10:47 -0500, Ron Hardin wrote:

I think it's a common module from Kapersky code. Just check if you have the file.

It's a roach motel kind of thing. It stays behind no matter what.

I think for instance Zone Alarm installs it, and maybe AVG, in old versions at least.

Harmless to delete but it will grow again and you delete again after a few months.


Try going into safe mode, delete that file, then create a subfolder using
the exact name. i.e.

c:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\fidbox.dat

If whichever software is creating that file doesn't complain and doesn't
delete that subfolder and replace it with a file, it'll never eat the disk
space again.
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