hard drive problem

-----Original Message-----
For some reason my hard drive seems to be shrinking.
checking the size of all the components on my hard drive
(including hidden files), I should have about 15
gigabytes of free space, but I only have about 8 GB.
This
number does not increase, even when I delete files from
it (so far I've deleted 2 GBs worth of files with no new
free space to speak for it). However, when I install
something new, my free space will always decrease. Why
is
this happening? Hope you can help me out. Thanks, Mike
.
Mike,
This is a common virus trait, and I would suggest that
you take the time and/or money to perform a thorough
virus and spyware test run on your system. Naturally, if
you don't already have the programs to do these things,
go out and get them now before you allow another poison
to enter your computer. My two suggestions would be
Norton Anti-Virus ($25-60) and SpyBot (free).

Good luck!

Dan
San Francisco, CA